Archive:Artificial consciousness

Artificial Consciousness is the study of how to design a conscious machine

Proponents of Artificial Consciousness /(AC)/ believe it is possible to emulate/simulate consciousness in a machine, probably some form of computer. However, there is no general agreement on how this will be done.

There are two main schools of thought in Artificial Consciousness

• Phenomenal Consciousness: Which assumes that simulation of neural structures is the key
• Functional Consciousness: Which assumes that we can simulate functions found by psychology

These schools tend to suggest mutually exclusive tests

In order to fully understand this topic the student must understand a number of other disciplines and topics such as:

• Philosophy of Mind
• Psychology and how it relates to consciousness
• Neuroscience and the Neural Correlates of Consciousness
• Artificial Intelligence and how it relates to consciousness
• Computer Science and how it relates to language formation
• Natural Language/Linguistics and how they relate to Consciousness

--Graeme E. Smith 22:17, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

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