Artificial Minds and Conscious Machines
IGI Global eBooks May 24, 2011 DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59140-482-8.ch012 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Citations | 4 |
| Key points | Proposes solutions to core problems of artificial minds and conscious machines, including representation with meaning, perception, neural cognitive architecture, emotions, and consciousness. Outlines a cognitive machine in which an artificial mind arises through learning and experience as higher-level content is constructed, eventually controlling the machine. |
Abstract
The following fundamental issues of artificial minds and conscious machines are considered here: representation and symbolic processing of information with meaning and significance in the human sense; the perception process; a neural cognitive architecture; system reactions and emotions; consciousness in the machine; and artificial minds as a content-level phenomenon. Solutions are proposed for related problems, and a cognitive machine is outlined. An artificial mind within this machine that eventually controls the machine is seen to arise via learning and experience as higher level content is constructed.