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Revision as of 15:50, 8 March 2004 by Tkorrovi (talk | contribs) (*all* is important here)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)An artificial consciousness (AC) system is a man-made or otherwise constructed artifact capable of achieving all known objectively observable abilities of consciousness i.e. a totality of thoughts and feelings or self-awareness.
One such ability of consciousness is self-awareness, another proposed example of such ability of consciousness is an ability to predict the external events in every possible environment when it is possible to predict.
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 by most observers to require Strong AI, the possibility of which is denied by some, as a prerequisite.
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*Proposed mechanisms for AC implemented by computer program: absolutely dynamic systems