[extropy-chat] Sterling, Wired, and the Singularity

John K Clark jonkc at att.net
Thu Sep 9 17:55:22 UTC 2004


>Sure, computers might someday awaken into something resembling
> human consciousness, but we have no metrics to describe that
>awakening and thus no objective way to recognize it if it happens.
>How would you test a claim like that?

Well, when you encounter a fellow meat creature I'l bet you have a
method of determining if they are conscious and not sleeping or dead; in
short you study the way they act. I suggest you try the same method when you
find a machine that claims to be conscious.

John K Clark    jonkc at att.net







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