Detecting Qualia in Natural and Artificial Agents
arXiv Preprint Archive December 11, 2017 Roman V. Yampolskiy
The Hard Problem of consciousness has been dismissed as an illusion. By showing that computers are capable of experiencing, we show that they are at least rudimentarily conscious with potential to eventually reach superconsciousness. The main contribution of the paper is a test for confirming certain subjective experiences in a tested agent. We follow with analysis of benefits and problems with...