PSYCH 9A Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Ada Lovelace, Cochlear Implant, Analytical Engine
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Experience joy and suffers pain: there is (cid:862)something it is like to be a machine(cid:863, is machine just executing a clever program, consciousness is subjective, mit"s cog project. Humanoid (having an appearance of a human) body. Embodied cognition with no detailed knowledge of the world. There has to be a developmental period (not physical but rather than mental) Goal: acquire the cognitive abilities of a young child. Never achieved this goal: arguments against machine consciousness. Viewpoint 1: conscious machines are not possible. Consciousness is a unique property of the soul. Only biological creatures can be conscious: machines will never do x, consciousness is property of the soul. Consciousness: property of the nonphysical mind separates from the physical brain. No machine can be conscious unless given a separate non-physical mind. Fear and a desire for human superiority motivates this objection: only biological creatures can be conscious. Valid only if we show relevant differences between living and non-living things.
