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Artificial Intelligence & Machine Consciousness

AI can now produce language that sounds reflective, emotional and self-aware. This Collection separates intelligence, language competence, self-modeling and subjective experience.

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  1. 01

    ExplainedSUPPORTED

    Intelligence Is Not Consciousness: What a Machine Can Do Without Feeling Anything

    An AI can reason, write and solve problems without those abilities proving subjective experience. Intelligence and consciousness are different questions.

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  2. 02

    Deep DiveDISPUTED

    Could an AI Actually Be Conscious? What Would Count as Evidence?

    There is no accepted machine-consciousness test. Researchers are instead building indicators from theories such as global workspace, recurrent processing and higher-order representation.

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  3. 03

    Case FileSUPPORTED

    The Machine Says "I Feel": Why Language Is Not Proof of Inner Experience

    A chatbot can describe fear, pain or self-awareness. But self-report is not proof of subjective experience. Here is why the evidence problem is harder.

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  4. 04

    Book InvestigationPHILOSOPHICAL

    Artificial You: Should We Build Machine Minds Before We Understand Consciousness?

    Susan Schneider's Artificial You asks a disturbing question: what happens if we learn to build artificial minds before we understand consciousness, identity or what makes a person?

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