Conscious experiences not required
The truth of a statement about some person X—eg, "X thinks" or "X understands"— doesn't depend on the existence of a correlated conscious thinking event or conscious understanding event in X.
Ludwig Wittgenstein (1953).
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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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Conscious experiences not required
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Consciousness might still be necessary »Consciousness might still be necessary
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