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Artificial consciousness, also known as machine consciousness or synthetic consciousness, is a field related to artificial intelligence and cognitive robotics. It is concerned with the study and development of systems that can simulate or replicate the conscious experience of living beings.
Artificial consciousness is an interdisciplinary field, drawing on theories and methods from fields such as neuroscience, psychology, philosophy, and computer science. It is a highly speculative and controversial field, and there is currently no consensus on what consciousness is, or whether it is possible for machines to possess consciousness.
Research in artificial consciousness is focused on developing algorithms, architectures, and systems that can simulate or replicate key aspects of conscious experience, such as perception, self-awareness, and the ability to respond to stimuli and to learn and adapt to new situations. This research is driven by the belief that understanding and replicating the mechanisms of consciousness could have a wide range of applications, such as in artificial intelligence, robotics, and medicine.
- Strong artificial consciousness (SAC) refers to the idea of creating an artificial intelligence (AI) that is fully self-aware and has its own subjective experiences, similar to a human being. This would involve creating an AI that has its own thoughts, feelings, and emotions, and is able to reflect on its own existence and make decisions based on its own values and beliefs.
- Weak artificial consciousness (WAC), on the other hand, refers to the idea of creating an AI that is able to exhibit some aspects of consciousness, such as the ability to perceive, learn, and adapt to its environment, but is not fully self-aware. This could involve creating an AI that is able to mimic some of the behaviors and abilities of a conscious being, such as the ability to recognize and respond to stimuli, but does not have its own subjective experiences or sense of self.
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Assessing artificial consciousness I Aleksander, U Awret, S Bringsjord… – Journal of …, 2008 – sussex.ac.uk Background While the recent special issue of JCS on machine consciousness (Volume 14, Issue 7) was in preparation, a collection of papers on the same topic, entitled Artificial Consciousness and edited by Antonio Chella and Riccardo Manzotti, was published. 1 … Cited by 18 Related articles All 5 versions Cite Save More
Artificial Consciousness V Tagliasco, R Manzotti – Artificial Consciousness, 2007 – consciousness.it In the 1992, the term ‘artificial consciousness’ was used for the first time in a scientific context (Aleksander, 2000). Since then no consensus has emerged among scientists about if and when such an achievement will be possible. The experienced properties of the conscious … Cited by 2 Related articles Cite Save More
The strength of weak artificial consciousness A Seth – International Journal of Machine Consciousness, 2009 – World Scientific Machine (artificial) consciousness can be interpreted in both strong and weak forms, as an instantiation or as a simulation. Here, I argue in favor of weak artificial consciousness, proposing that synthetic models of neural mechanisms potentially underlying … Cited by 16 Related articles All 3 versions Cite Save
Philosophical foundations of artificial consciousness R Chrisley – Artificial intelligence in medicine, 2008 – Elsevier OBJECTIVE: Consciousness is often thought to be that aspect of mind that is least amenable to being understood or replicated by artificial intelligence (AI). The first-personal, subjective, what-it-is-like-to-be-something nature of consciousness is thought to be untouchable by … Cited by 14 Related articles All 9 versions Cite Save
Artificial consciousness, artificial emotions, and autonomous robots A Cardon – Cognitive Processing, 2006 – Springer Abstract Nowadays for robots, the notion of behav- ior is reduced to a simple factual concept at the level of the movements. On another hand, consciousness is a very cultural concept, founding the main property of human beings, according to themselves. We propose to develop a … Cited by 13 Related articles All 5 versions Cite Save
Artificial consciousness: Hazardous questions (and answers) G Buttazzo – Artificial intelligence in medicine, 2008 – Elsevier If human consciousness is the result of complex neural electro-chemical interactions occurring in the brain, the question of whether a machine can ever become self-aware could be a matter of time: the time necessary to fully understand the functional behavior of the … Cited by 8 Related articles All 10 versions Cite Save
Criteria for consciousness in artificial intelligent agents R Arrabales, A Ledezma, A Sanchis – 2008 – e-archivo.uc3m.es … Furthermore, a list of measurable levels of artificial consciousness, ConsScale, is defined as a tool to determine the potential level of consciousness of an agent. … Keywords Machine Consciousness, Artificial Consciousness, cognitive agents, Cognitive Modeling. … Cited by 6 Related articles All 6 versions Cite Save
Artificial consciousness: A discipline between technological and theoretical obstacles R Manzotti, V Tagliasco – Artificial Intelligence in Medicine, 2008 – Elsevier Artificial consciousness is still far from being an established discipline. We will try to outline some theoretical assumption that could help in dealing with phenomenal consciousness. What are the technological and theoretical obstacles that face the enthusiast scholars of … Cited by 6 Related articles All 5 versions Cite Save
The relevance of intent to human-android strategic interaction and artificial consciousness M Cowley – … Communication, 2006. ROMAN 2006. The 15th …, 2006 – ieeexplore.ieee.org Abstract A classic problem for artificial intelligence is to build a machine that imitates human behavior well enough to convince those who are interacting with it that it is another human being (Turing, 1950), One approach to this problem focuses on building machines that … Cited by 3 Related articles All 2 versions Cite Save
ConsScale: A pragmatic scale for measuring the level of consciousness in artificial agents R Arrabales, A Ledezma… – Journal of Consciousness …, 2010 – ingentaconnect.com … an artificial agent might develop. This paper presents a novel artificial consciousness scale designed to pro- vide a pragmatic and intuitive reference in the evaluation of MC implementations. The version of ConsScale described … Cited by 16 Related articles Cite Save
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The ethical status of artificial agents–with and without consciousness S Torrance – International workshop on ethics of human …, 2006 – informatics.sussex.ac.uk … Middlesex University, UK. Centre for Research in Cognitive Science (COGS). University of Sussex, UK. stevet@sussex.ac.uk. 1. ARTIFICIAL CONSCIOUSNESS AND ETHICS. Recently Artificial Consciousness (AC) has emerged alongside of AI. … Cited by 2 Related articles Cite Save More
System Dynamics Conception of Cognitive Consciousness: A Convergent Systemic Interface to Artificial Neural Network and Genetic Algorithm S Bhushan – Journal for Interdisciplinary Research on Religion and … – jirrs.org … Awakening = A FUNCTION OF (Consciousness Learning Stimuli) (02) Consciousness Learning Stimuli = A FUNCTION OF (Consciousness Neurons, Consciousness Genome) (03) Consciousness Neurons = A FUNCTION OF (“ANN/ Artificial Consciousness Neural Network … Cited by 2 Related articles All 2 versions Cite Save More
Artificial Consciousness A Chella, R Manzotti – Perception-Action Cycle, 2011 – Springer “Artificial” or “machine” consciousness is the attempt to model and implement aspects of human cognition that are identified with the elusive and controversial phenomenon of consciousness. The chapter reviews the main trends and goals of artificial consciousness … Cited by 2 Related articles All 4 versions Cite Save
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Artificial intelligence and consciousness D McDermott – The Cambridge handbook of consciousness, 2007 – Citeseer Page 1. Artificial Intelligence and Consciousness Drew McDermott Yale University This paper is essentially the same as that published as chapter 6 (pages 117–150) of Philip David Zelazo, Morris Moscovitch, and Evan Thompson … Cited by 7 Related articles All 7 versions Cite Save More
The potential for consciousness of artificial systems D GAMEZ – International Journal of Machine Consciousness, 2009 – World Scientific Page 1. THE POTENTIAL FOR CONSCIOUSNESS OF ARTIFICIAL SYSTEMS DAVID GAMEZ Department of Electrical Engineering, Imperial College, London, SW7 2BT, UK david@davidgamez.eu The question about the potential … Cited by 5 Related articles All 2 versions Cite Save
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Ethics of artificial consciousness J Burian – 2005 – eldar.cz Abstract: This paper analyses the possibility and ethical issues related to creation of autonomous artificial systems with abilities leading to complex, unpredictable and thus possibly dangerous behavior. There arises practical motivation for the research of … Cited by 1 Related articles All 2 versions Cite Save More
Machine Minds: The Blueprint for Artificial Consciousness S Chatterjee – Available at SSRN 2061949, 2012 – papers.ssrn.com Abstract: The paper proposes the design approach as a blueprint for building a sentient artificial agent capable of exhibiting human-like attributions of consciousness. The paper also considers whether if such an artificial agent is ever built, how it will be … Cited by 1 Cite Save
The relevance of human-android strategic interaction to artificial consciousness M Cowley – 2006 – live.eprints.soton.ac.uk A classic problem for artificial intelligence is to build a machine that imitates human behavior well enough to convince those who are interacting with it that it is another human being [1]. One approach to this problem focuses on building machines that imitate internal … All 2 versions Cite Save More
The Relevance of Intent to Human-Android (Computer) Strategic Interaction and Artificial Consciousness MB Cowley – International Peer Reviewed Conference …, 2006 – papers.ssrn.com Abstract: A classic problem for artificial intelligence is to build a machine that imitates human behavior well enough to convince those who are interacting with it that it is another human being. One approach to this problem focuses on building machines that imitate internal … Cite Save
Developing a consciousness-based mind for an artificial creature RCM Da Silva, RR Gudwin – Advances in Artificial Intelligence–SBIA 2010, 2011 – Springer … Albert Einstein 400, 13.083-852 Campinas, SP {martins,gudwin}@dca.fee.unicamp.br Abstract. This work describes the application of the Baars-Franklin Architecture (BFA), an artificial consciousness approach, to synthesize a mind (a control system) for an artificial creature. … Related articles All 11 versions Cite Save
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Steps Towards Artificial Consciousness: A Robot’s Knowledge of Its Own Body DPM Mirolli – aaai.org Abstract Consciousness is a very difficult phenomenon to define and analyze. What we should do is try to operationalize it by reproducing in an artificial system (robot) single consciousness-related phenomena such that it is easy to say whether or not the artificial … Related articles All 5 versions Cite Save
Proposal for an approach to artificial consciousness based on self-consciousness (2007) C Menant – 2007 – philpapers.org Abstract Current research on artificial consciousness is focused on phenomenal consciousness and on functional consciousness. We propose to shift the focus to self- consciousness in order to open new areas of investigation. We use an existing scenario … Cite Save More
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Fuzzy Comprehensive Evaluation-based artificial consciousness model C Zhu, Z Wang – … Control and Automation (WCICA), 2010 8th …, 2010 – ieeexplore.ieee.org Abstract The study of emotional robot now still faces many difficulties of how to establish a universal affective model and how to equip the robot with emotional logic system so that it can have real affective thinking. The present paper conducts a in-depth study on … Related articles Cite Save
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[BOOK] Knowledge Needs and Information Extraction: Towards an Artificial Consciousness N Turenne – 2013 – books.google.com This book presents a theory of consciousness which is unique and sustainable in nature, based on physiological and cognitive-linguistic principles controlled by a number of socio- psycho-economic factors. In order to anchor this theory, which draws upon various … Related articles All 2 versions Cite Save
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Artificial Consciousness JA Crowder, JN Carbone, SA Friess – Artificial Cognition Architectures, 2014 – Springer Another view of consciousness is to be in total control of one’s mind; in control of life and circumstances. Part of the notion of being conscious is to be able to perceive the world around you. Consciousness is ability to understand and react to your reality; your environment. … Cite Save
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The Cognitive Architecture for Artificial Consciousness: Machine Mental States S Chatterjee – Available at SSRN, 2012 – papers.ssrn.com Abstract: In recent years, a classic problem regarding designing of artificial minds embedded with synthetic consciousness has resurfaced in the tune of; 1) building a machine or robots that would closely mimic human behavior, and 2) the problem of embodiment of … Related articles Cite Save
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Assessing Artificial Consciousness: A Collective Review Article R Chrisley, I Aleksander, S Bringsjord… – Journal of …, 2008 – ingentaconnect.com Abstract: While the recent special issue of JCS on machine consciousness (Volume 14, Issue 7) was in preparation, a collection of papers on the same topic, entitled Artificial Consciousness and edited by Antonio Chella and Riccardo Manzotti, was published. The … Related articles Cite Save
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