Artificial Consciousness, the search for what makes us human
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The Society of Mind is an 'implementation' of the philosophical theory of functionalism. Even so, the search for consciousness continues to go on in areas of psychology and philosophy, providing both answers and new questions to be solved. AI as a whole should stop seeing each facet as different competiting implementations and should start combining symbolism and connectionism, which would give us the virtues of both and offer more diverse implementations of the theory of functionalism. If AI is to fulfill its promise, only the combination of techniques can lead towards the building of a true Artificial Consciousness.
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تاریخ انتشار 2004