tom

But it can't be simply that intelligence leads to self awareness, or computers would be self aware, groups of people qua groups would be self aware, a...

The cognitive aspects of an artificial general intelligence cannot be tested for simply behaviorally i.e. via its inputs and outputs.

There is clear evidence that other humans possess qualia, the most striking of which is the creation of scientific and other knowledge, also art and c...

A couple of problems with Searle's Chinese Rooom are that it is unphysical - i.e. it cannot in reality be performed, and that it is not computationall...

Are you sure that dogs are aware rather than just conscious? If by "awareness" you mean they possess qualia - i.e. they not only detect a particular s...

I wouldn't be so sure you know how to use the word. A robot can be programmed to respond to pain stimulus in a certain way. Why would a dog be conscio...

It's not possible to account for quantum mechanics with randomness.

Given general relativity as it was first published it seems. 1.)That GR is not deducible from any sentence. 2.)It is impossible to determine under wha...