Why Consciousness is No Bar to Artificial Intelligence

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• Dr Sam Coleman (Herts)
• Thursday 28 March 2019, 18:00-19:00
• Lord Ashcroft Building (LAB 002), Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.

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It has often been argued that AI cannot be genuinely intelligent, i.e. cannot really think, because a machine cannot be conscious. Philosopher Sam Coleman argues that when it comes to human thought, not only does most of it go on unconsciously, but consciousness is not essentially connected even with thinking that does happen

This talk is part of the Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence - Royal Institute of Philosophy Sponsored Public Lectures at Anglia Ruskin University series.

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