Consciousness is epiphenomenal
Conscious experience is a mere collateral product of our nervous system, unable to exert any causal influence but caused by the activities therein.
Shadworth Hodgson (1870).

Note: Epiphenomenalism is usually traced to T. H. Huxley, but Hodgson's work is earlier.
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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 necessary to thought »Consciousness is necessary to thought
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Consciousness has causal powers  »Consciousness has causal powers
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