New York Times: How to Tell if Your A.I. Is Conscious
New York Times: How to Tell if Your A.I. Is Conscious. “In a new report, scientists offer a list of measurable qualities that might indicate the presence of some presence in a machine.”
New York Times: ‘Consciousness’ in Robots Was Once Taboo. Now It’s the Last Word.
New York Times: ‘Consciousness’ in Robots Was Once Taboo. Now It’s the Last Word.. “Wading directly into these murky waters might seem fruitless to roboticists and computer scientists. But, as Antonio Chella, a roboticist at the University of Palermo in Italy, said, unless consciousness is accounted for, ‘it feels like something is missing’ in the function of intelligent machines.”
The Altered States Database: Psychometric data from a systematic literature review (Scientific Data)
Scientific Data: The Altered States Database: Psychometric data from a systematic literature review . “In this paper, we present the development of the Altered States Database (ASDB), an open-science project based on a systematic literature review. The ASDB contains psychometric questionnaire data on subjective experiences of altered states of consciousness (ASC) induced by pharmacological and non-pharmacological methods.”
CNET: The Puzzling Reason AI May Never Compete With Human Consciousness
CNET: The Puzzling Reason AI May Never Compete With Human Consciousness. “In a sense, physical knowledge and the code-ability of human traits are prerequisites for robotic programming… which introduces an important question for the future of lifelike AI. Are there aspects of human consciousness that will never meet these criteria? Well, per some philosophers, there may be. And after reading through two absolutely mind-melting thought experiments, you might agree. Or, you might not.”