From: utzoo!decvax!yale-com!rostain Newsgroups: net.ai Title: Re: Defence of the Camus-Robot connection... Article-I.D.: yale-com.817 Posted: Sun Feb 6 16:15:58 1983 Received: Mon Feb 7 05:40:50 1983 References: eisx.500 You seem to be making a basic mistake, in your defense of yourself. Just because one can't prove that consciousness exists, doesn't mean that it doesn't exist, or is less real. I agree that we can't build a machine that we know has consciousness, but maybe we can build one that we believe has consciousness? I think so, as long as we see it's behavior and actions in terms of human behavior and human actions (Turing Test?!). Since consciousness can't be proven or disproven, the distinction between believing something is conscious and knowing it is becomes unimportant. Thanks, Alain Rostain decvax!yale-comix!rostain