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The relationship between consciousness and machines is explored through philosophical debates regarding whether machines can possess consciousness, as discussed by David Chalmers {fact:3, fact:4} and René Descartes [1], as well as through scientific inquiry into the possibility of machine consciousness [2].
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Episode 2: The Hard Problem of Consciousness – David Chalmers ... futurepointdigital.substack.com 2 facts
claimDavid Chalmers entertains the possibility that machines could be conscious if they instantiate the right kind of information processing, regardless of whether they are biological.
claimDavid Chalmers and Audrey argue that the ethical consequences of whether machines can be conscious or only simulate consciousness are enormous.
Life, Intelligence, and Consciousness: A Functional Perspective longnow.org 1 fact
perspectiveRené Descartes argued that human and nonhuman animal bodies are mechanical, but humans possess souls that provide higher functions like intelligence and consciousness, whereas machines are soulless.
Good Old-Fashioned Artificial Consciousness and the Intermediate ... frontiersin.org 1 fact
referenceDehaene, S., Lau, H., and Kouider, S. (2017) authored 'What is consciousness, and could machines have it?', published in Science, 358, 486–492.