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When will Consciousness emerge? | Vilks | Bulletin of Electrical Engineering and Informatics

When will Consciousness emerge?

Imants Vilks

Abstract


The article is a short rewiev about one particular but important and essentialquestion in the field of AI: the consciousness. The main idea is to cast away non-scientific pronouncements about mystics and impossibility in the field. To clear up the basic notions (emergence) and define the main theme - consciousness. The article proposes temporary definition of consciousness, consciousness emergence conditions and how to recognize and test the consciousness.

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