Conscious machine irrelevant
Conscious machines, if they existed, would face the same mind-body problem the humans do. So building a conscious machine wouldn't shed light on the workings of human mentality.
Dennis Thompson (1965).
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Artificial Intelligence »Artificial Intelligence
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Can computers think? [1] »Can computers think? [1]
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No: computers can't be conscious [6] »No: computers can't be conscious [6]
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Consciousness is physical »Consciousness is physical
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Conscious robot would solve mind-body problem »Conscious robot would solve mind-body problem
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Conscious machine irrelevant
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Any conscious machine must satisfy the transparency condition »Any conscious machine must satisfy the transparency condition
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We can't know whether future machines will shed light on mentality »We can't know whether future machines will shed light on mentality
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