It is widely accepted that a rock is not conscious. The same can be said for a tree, single cell amoebae, or a cell phone. Many people believe these claims, but there is really no way to prove any of them. The question of whether or not something can be considered conscious has been present throughout the history of Epistemology and Philosophy. As technology has advanced through the years, the issue of consciousness has started to be applied to computers. If a computer was developed that showed signs of intelligent life, what is to say that such a computer is not conscious? And if this computer is not conscious, is it possible that a computer could be developed that would be considered conscious? .
The reason for the persistent appearance of the question of consciousness is because there is no way to prove that something is conscious. This is what is known as the problem with other minds. In regards to the consciousness of other objects, or people, any statement you make is little more than an assumption made from your own subjective experiences. In truth, all knowledge regarding reality and the things within it is unverifiable because the only thing you have only ever experienced is what your personal mind has told you. Upon realizing this truth, the only way to begin discussing the issue of consciousness is by identifying what criteria constitutes something as a conscious being. .
The very first identifiable requirement of consciousness is having some type of cognitive structure. In humans and animals, this structure is the brain. The next requirement is the exhibiting of nonverbal and non-vocal behavior. This refers to the complex way in which animals and people react to their surroundings, and any changes or events that occur there within. The third criterion for consciousness is the use of language and the ability to communicate. The fourth and final listed criterion of consciousness is the ability to learn, be creative, and problem solve.
IMHO, computer-related issues that involve an ethical dilemma are worthy of discussion among laymen and computer specialists alike. ... So yeah ethics should be important for computer specialists, students and teachers. ... We don't want to see this happen in the field of computer science and its applications. ... It is released into popular consciousness. ... But this concept of royalties is a cheat at best. ...
NASA Scientists have developed a three-dimentional computer simulation of a human leg which surgeons can operate on by entering the computer world of virtual reality. ... Perhaps one of the easiest examples to understand is act of day dreaming, in which many of us get caught up in a world of our own consciousness. when we wake up, many of us utter the phrase " I was in a world of my own" and this is perhaps a lot like cyberspace but Is the concept of cyberspace a new one? Nicholas Mirzoeff argues that virtuality is not a new concept but perhaps an old one and provides examples of how ot...
Descartes argument of the machine and the body as two different entities is debated between the Computer Guys concept of machine and body. ... This argument states that each side carries their own dualistic concept of mind and body. ... In a Cartesian sense of mind the idea of if the computer is equal to human and man created the computer than the creator of man is equal to the computer, saying that God is equal to that of a computer. ... However when they disobey they view themselves in terms of their own consciousness and see the choice that they once had. Another dualist concept is that all...
Our brains create our sense of self, our consciousness. This very personal part of each of us is created by neural networks in our skulls, a concept so hard to believe that a large percentage of the population instead believe our "self" is generated by a supernatural soul. ... Consciousness is the awareness of feeling when you experience something, having a sense of self. ... The computer understands no more than the man understands Chinese. ... On speaking in terms of giving credit to computers, provokes the question of whether computers should be offered rights as people in society. ...
Our brains create our sense of self, our consciousness. This very personal part of each of us is created by neural networks in our skulls, a concept so hard to believe that a large percentage of the population instead believe our "self" is generated by a supernatural soul. ... Consciousness is the awareness of feeling when you experience something, having a sense of self. ... The computer understands no more than the man understands Chinese. ... On speaking in terms of giving credit to computers, provokes the question of whether computers should be offered rights as people in society. ...
Cognitive Psychology Application Paper Cognitive psychology is the study of human behavior with reference and research to twelve areas, some of which are memory, pattern recognition, perception, attention, consciousness, imagery, and language. ... Information in computer memory forms no association with other pieces of information. ... Humans are able to form links between people, events and places, shaped objects and concepts, which allow us to build our own representation of the world as we see it. ... A computer can retrieve any information stored within it. ... The model of human mem...
Attention seems to be intimately linked to consciousness. ... Materials A Macintosh computer was used to present the visual stimuli. Procedure Participants (P) were seated in front of the computers; all stimuli consisted of letters flashed at the same location of the screen. ... The concept of information in a brain has been touched upon. Even though attention and consciousness seem to correlate, a warning has been issued not to equate attention with consciousness. ...
Attention seems to be intimately linked to consciousness. ... Materials A Macintosh computer was used to present the visual stimuli. Procedure Participants (P) were seated in front of the computers; all stimuli consisted of letters flashed at the same location of the screen. ... The concept of information in a brain has been touched upon. Even though attention and consciousness seem to correlate, a warning has been issued not to equate attention with consciousness. ...
These scenes display how the idea of life isn't celebrated with full vitality as it once was, de-humanizing the concept in a busy, structural environment. ... The HAL 9000 is the Discovery's (the spaceship used for the Jupiter mission) main computer with mimicry abilities. ... This scene alone questions the fine line between humanity and machinery; is machinery evolving their self-consciousness while we are devolving it? ... This acts as a contrasting concept, where modernity and the past weave with each other. ... If Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey alludes to expanding the huma...