Journal of Artificial Intelligence and Consciousness
March 1, 2020
James A. Reggia, Garrett E. Katz, Gregory P. Davis
The field of artificial consciousness (AC) has largely developed outside of mainstream artificial intelligence (AI), with separate goals and criteria for success and with only a minimal exchange of ideas. This is unfortunate as the two fields appear to be synergistic. For example, here we consider the question of how concepts developed in AC research might contribute to more effective future AI...
Journal of Artificial Intelligence and Consciousness
March 1, 2020
Robin L. Zebrowski
There is an ongoing debate about the existence of humanoid robotics. The arguments tend to focus on the ethical claims that there is always deception involved. However, little attention has been paid to the ontological reasons that humanoid robotics are valuable in consciousness research. This paper examines the arguments and controversy around ethical rejection of humanoid robotics, while also...
Journal of Artificial Intelligence and Consciousness
March 1, 2020
A. Agarwal, S. Edelman
Insofar as consciousness has a functional role in facilitating learning and behavioral control, the builders of autonomous Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems are likely to attempt to incorporate it into their designs. The extensive literature on the ethics of AI is concerned with ensuring that AI systems, and especially autonomous conscious ones, behave ethically. In contrast, our focus here...
Journal of Artificial Intelligence and Consciousness
March 1, 2020
Pentti O. A. Haikonen
The popular expectation is that Artificial Intelligence (AI) will soon surpass the capacities of the human mind and Strong Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) will replace the contemporary Weak AI. However, there are certain fundamental issues that have to be addressed before this can happen. There can be no intelligence without understanding, and there can be no understanding without getting...
Journal of Artificial Intelligence and Consciousness
March 1, 2020
Owen Holland
The philosophical legacy of the idea that there must be something it is like to be a conscious organism, together with an inclination to regard organic life forms as having qualities fundamentally distinct from other physical systems, have adversely affected the development of the nascent discipline of machine consciousness. This paper highlights some of the factors involved, and as a...