September 14, 2011

Could a robot be conscious?


There is a good summary of some of the key questions in Philosophy of mind in this BBC article, plus link a to a program called 'The Philosopher's Arms' in which:
a man discovers that his adopted daughter is a robot. Should he treat her any differently from before? She's indistinguishable from a human so should she have the same status as a human?

No comments:

Post a Comment