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Higher-order representational structures

Consciousness is a multilevel hierarchical structure of representations that allows higher-level representations to monitor lower-level representations.



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Can computers think? [1]
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No: computers can't be conscious [6]
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Higher-order representational structures
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A conscious state is a higher-order thought
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Computational structure necessary to consciousness
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Consciousness is a higher-order system
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Consciousness is the perception of own mind
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Self-scanning robot would be conscious
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Can never have a conscious experience
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Computers are not introspective
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Computers can't have feelings
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Consciousness excluded by definition
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Consciousness is necessary to thought
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Mechanisms can't possess consciousness
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Consciousness is physical
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Implementable in functional system
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Let's just say robots are conscious
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Rejection has undesirable consequences
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Rule following doesn't deny consciousness
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