12∞ · Question 9.2.7
Is there a test for machine consciousness?
Not one that works. The famous test proposed in 1950 asks only whether a machine can pass for human in conversation, which measures imitation; current systems arguably pass it.
From the book 12∞ Twelve to Infinity by D.R. Davenport. The full answer is free to read with an iBelieve account.
Where it sits in the book
- Part
- 9: Artificial Intelligence, Consciousness, and Reality
- Gate
- 9.2: Can a Machine Be Conscious?
- In print
- Page 294
- ← 9.2.6 · Does consciousness require a biological brain?
- 9.2.8 → · Should AI have rights?
- All of Part 9
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