An alternative to working on machine consciousness

International Journal of Machine Consciousness

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-18

  Sloman, Aaron ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AI; conceptual muddles; consciousness; philosophy; robots; Turing test

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL MUDDLES; CONSCIOUSNESS; GENERIC DESIGN; HARD PROBLEMS; HUMAN MIND; ON-MACHINES; PHILOSOPHY; TURING TESTS;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS;

MACHINE DESIGN;

EID: 80052083049     PISSN: 17938430     EISSN: 17938473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S1793843010000400     Document Type: Article

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