[LINK] Conscious computers?

[Antony Barry]

On 8 Jun 2005, at 10:20 AM, adam steer wrote:

> The *effectively* here is a key word. In the context of the article  
> and what is known about 'consciousness', it means 'we have a theory  
> that we're going to test, but for now we're just talking loud'.

I found Kurzweil's book [1] a case of "talking out loud" and  
Aleksander's book [2] a bit odd in places but more hands on.

Tony

1. Kurzweil, Raymond. The Age of Spiritual Machines. Phoenix mass  
market p/bk, 1999.  
<http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/075380767X/21sonnysoftware 
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2. Aleksander, Igor. How to Build a Mind: Dreams and Diaries (Maps of  
the Mind S.). Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2000.  
<http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/029784296X/21sonnysoftware 
-20?dev-t=DRJ66LDC6TEVA%26camp=2025%26link_code=xm2>

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