Will We Ever Have Conscious Machines?

Krauß P, Maier A (2020)


Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2020

Journal

Book Volume: 14

DOI: 10.3389/fncom.2020.556544

Abstract

The question of whether artificial beings or machines could become self-aware or conscious has been a philosophical question for centuries. The main problem is that self-awareness cannot be observed from an outside perspective and the distinction of being really self-aware or merely a clever imitation cannot be answered without access to knowledge about the mechanism's inner workings. We investigate common machine learning approaches with respect to their potential ability to become self-aware. We realize that many important algorithmic steps toward machines with a core consciousness have already been taken.

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APA:

Krauß, P., & Maier, A. (2020). Will We Ever Have Conscious Machines? Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience, 14. https://doi.org/10.3389/fncom.2020.556544

MLA:

Krauß, Patrick, and Andreas Maier. "Will We Ever Have Conscious Machines?" Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience 14 (2020).

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