What is it about?
"The Creation of a Conscious Machine" corresponds to the Requirements and Specifications document of a Top-down process to implement Synthetic Consciousness. As a Requirements document, it describes the extraordinary intellectual benefits to be gained from the implementation of conscious machines. It surveys historical attempts to define and implement machine intelligence and the insights they reveal. In particular, it examines the Turing Test in detail as a measure of machine intelligence. The text then defines consciousness as an observable system capability that is independent of the subjective human experience. It expresses this understanding as a set of well-defined Specification objectives.
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Why is it important?
Much of research in AI defines consciousness as a subjective state and seeks to replicate the experience of being conscious. "The Creation of a Conscious Machine" proposes to define consciousness as the capability to generate and act upon representations of the self. This is consistent with interpretations dating back thousands of years in the Mediterranean cultures. However, it represents a radical departure in the context of AI research. This new understanding makes it possible to implement Synthetic Consciousness in conventional computers.
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When I began searching for a testable definition of Artificial Intelligence, I first reviewed the preceding attempts up to and including the Turing Test, drawing important lessons from each. Ultimately, I also rejected the Turing Test as both excessive and insufficient. This lead me to conclude that consciousness was essential to achieve the goal of A.I. and that the concept itself of a "test" had to be discarded and replaced by an existential objective. "The Creation of a Conscious Machine" describes this investigation and the insights that resulted.
Mr Jean E. Tardy
Sysjet inc.
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This page is a summary of: The Creation of a Conscious Machine, February 2018, Glasstree,
DOI: 10.20850/9782981677686.
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