Philosophy
Philosophy
Refer to the book "Can a Machine Think" for text and notes on the Turing/Searle debate regarding the possibility of machine consciousness. Watch the embedded video of Honda's ASIMO--a learning machine. Is ASIMO's concept of a chair an instance of Searle's "original intentionality"? Is original intentionality sufficient for consciousness?
Video ASIMO Robot learns object identity
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfPkHU_36Cs