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