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Keith Gunderson
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Artificial Intelligence »
Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence☜A collaboratively editable version of Robert Horns brilliant and pioneering debate map Can Computers Think?—exploring 50 years of philosophical argument about the possibility of computer thought.☜F1CEB7
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Keith Gunderson☜Arguments advanced by Keith Gunderson.☜D3B8AB
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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
We can't know whether future machines will shed light on mentality☜Knowing whether future machines will illuminate human mentality requires knowledge of issues that we have no way of predicting (see detailed text).☜FFFACD
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Claim requires seeing into the future »
Claim requires seeing into the future
Claim requires seeing into the future☜Claiming that the statement machines can be conscious is analytically false (i.e. false given meanings of the words) requires that one foretell every possible change of use of the words that comprise the statement—an impossibility. ☜FFFACD
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Any conscious machine must satisfy the transparency condition »
Any conscious machine must satisfy the transparency condition
Any conscious machine must satisfy the transparency condition☜A conscious machine would not face the same mind-body problem that we do, because anyone who could build a conscious machine must have understood the workings of the human mind well enough to solve the mind-body problem.☜FFFACD
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The perplexity condition »
The perplexity condition
The perplexity condition☜If a machine is to be considered conscious, it must be perplexed by its own consciousness. It must be able to wonder how is it that I am conscious?☜FFFACD
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Issue can't be settled a priori »
Issue can't be settled a priori
Issue can't be settled a priori☜We should not assume that physicalism applies categorically to everything in the universe. Physicalism may be true for machines, or for humans, or for both. But there is no intrinsic a priori right way to settle the matter.☜FFFACD
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Rule following doesn't deny consciousness »
Rule following doesn't deny consciousness
Rule following doesn't deny consciousness☜Thorough descriptions of consciously initiated human behaviour reveals plans, plans are a form of rule following, and humans are conscious—the fact that machines are programmed to follow certain rules is no reason to deny them consciousness.☜FFFACD
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One example can't explain thinking »
One example can't explain thinking
One example can't explain thinking☜The imitation game attempts to explain thinking in terms of one example, a mans ability to imitate a woman. But mental activity is more diverse—eg wondering, deliberating, writing sonnets etc. Thinkings all purpose: the game uses just one ability.☜FFFACD
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The Vacuum Cleaner Salesman example »
The Vacuum Cleaner Salesman example
The Vacuum Cleaner Salesman example☜If a vacuum salesman demonstrated an all-purpose Swish 600 by sucking up dust from a carpet, a customer would be unsatisfied. He would want to see it suck up mud, straw, paper and cat hair from couches before believing the all-purpose claim.☜FFFACD
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