I suppose to opposite is true too, a machine could be conscious but lack the means, or concept of communication that would enable it to communicate the idea to us.
Bill Roh
David McFadzean wrote:
> At 10:17 AM 1/2/99 +0000, Robin Faichney wrote:
>
> >I'm assuming that it can learn, so if we're talking
> >about an extendable lookup table, you're right. But
> >that point I'm trying to make is that a machine, of
> >whatever sort, has no reason to be more limited in
> >its responses than we are.
>
> Are you saying it is possible for a machine to act
> like it is conscious, yet not be? (A "zombie" in
> philosophical parlance.)
>
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