Re: Testing Consciousness

On 14 Nov 2005 01:04:33 -0800, "iAgent" <rahulgupta83@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>Consciousness has always been a big question bugging my mind especially
>creation of consciousness.
>
>We may build robots that show that they are conscious.
>But can we build robots that are really conscious.
>
>How can one go about testing consciousness??
>
>One thing that came to my mind in the morning was this
>
>pain is a kind of sensation;
>extreme tiredness is painful;
>machines never get tired;
>they cannot experience pain like humans;
>
>I think other than all emotions and sensations, pain is the biggest
>proof of our consciousness.
>
>Is getting discharged the only sign of getting tired for a machine??
>Your views!!
>
>
>Note: Whatever weird thoughts came to my mind, I just scribbled them.
>there maybe loop holes in the above written text. It seems to me
>incomplete too but i don't want to write an essay for now.

There seems to be a built in confusion or deceit in the human brain
when dealing with self models such as "consciousness".
We need a test for that confusion and deceit that can apply to both
"biological and machine" intelligence.
.

Relevant Pages