Re: Consciousness


iAgent wrote:
> We may build robots that show that they are conscious.
> But can we build robots that are really conscious.

How do you tell if other humans are really conscious?
Because they show that they are conscious, just like robots?

> pain is a kind of sensation;
> extreme tiredness is painful;
> machines never get tired;
> they cannot experience pain like humans;

Nothing prevents us from implementing some kind of feedback
mechanism in robots to detect possible damage and call it "pain".

--
Vladimir

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