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| An '''artificial consciousness''' (AC) system is man-made (or otherwise constructed) which is |
An '''artificial consciousness''' (AC) system is man-made (or otherwise constructed) which is self-aware. This field of study includes research aiming to create and study such systems in order to understand corresponding natural mechanisms. | ||
| Professor ] of ], stated in his book ''Impossible Minds'' (IC Press 1996) that the principles for creating a conscious machine already existed but that it would take forty years to train a machine to understand language. This is a controversial statement given that artificial consciousness is thought ny most observers to require ], the possibility of which is denied by some, as a prerequisite. | Professor ] of ], stated in his book ''Impossible Minds'' (IC Press 1996) that the principles for creating a conscious machine already existed but that it would take forty years to train a machine to understand language. This is a controversial statement given that artificial consciousness is thought ny most observers to require ], the possibility of which is denied by some, as a prerequisite. | ||
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An artificial consciousness (AC) system is man-made (or otherwise constructed) which is self-aware. This field of study includes research aiming to create and study such systems in order to understand corresponding natural mechanisms.
Professor Igor Aleksander of Imperial College, London, stated in his book Impossible Minds (IC Press 1996) that the principles for creating a conscious machine already existed but that it would take forty years to train a machine to understand language. This is a controversial statement given that artificial consciousness is thought ny most observers to require Strong AI, the possibility of which is denied by some, as a prerequisite.