Artificial consciousness

inside, and the development of, this universe. This speculation opens more questions than offers help towards the theory. The third hypothesis is known as the mind-body hypothesis and postulates that the body and the mind, more specifically the consciousness are separate. The brain is part of the body and the mind is separate from the brain the body resides in the physical world while the mind exists outside of space-time.…

does not exist in a universal form, but rather is experienced in varied manners in differing states of consciousness, with radically greater intensity perceived in a waking state than can be produced in dreams—assuming that consciousness exists in a binary, that the state enjoyed presently is the only wakeful state, and there is not a greater degree of sensation in a higher state of consciousness. Along Locke’s logic, the skeptic’s decision to refuse placing his hand in the furnace validates…

think the mind is divisible because there are mental disorders and drugs that could divide the mind. Mental disorders that can divide one’s mind would be Alzheimer’s, being bipolar, and Tourette’s syndrome. Drugs can also divide one’s mind through consciousness,…

Many may believe that they are the same person throughout all their life. However, can one really say that the person who is reading this essay right now is the same person 10 years ago? Many philosophers have wondered if one’s memory can effectively determine personal identity. Well, in what follows, I will argue that memories do not determine one’s personal identity over time. In fact, there is no enduring self that would define personal identity. One way of determining personal identity is…

I have had a near death experience, but I have also heard many stories about near death. Death comes to anybody and everybody, no matter the time. When your death chance may come nobody knows when and where it will happen. Throughout the stories I have heard, nobody knows that it is coming until it's too late. Everybody has said throughout their experiences that after they almost died their priorities change. When I was in a car accident my priorities changed such as I used to only think…

them – in this case consciousness (Shoemaker D, 2016). In this essay I will argue that Locke’s original memory criterion is the correct account of personal identity. To do this I will refer to the merits of Locke’s criterion as well as to various objections with two main objections being that identity seems to persist through loss of memory…

without as much as a second thought. Consciousnesses, within the context of neurophysiology can be referred to as “subjective awareness, though within the philosophical real, it is typically described as the subjective inner life. The concept of consciousness is essential in our personal views on the world and our society – the assumption that others possess the same internal workings is integral in human behaviors. This extends to the social justice system, central to which are the concepts of…

We now have computers that have algorithms to find and attack terrorists. We have AI able to effectively communicate to humans, without consciousness, but what happens when it does have conscious. "Once humans develop artificial intelligence, it will take off on its own and redesign itself at an ever-increasing rate," says Stephen Hawking, and he things that it is becoming a serious issue, along with Elon musk, and even Bill Gates…

Descartes’ in the consciousness of the individual: “That it [the memory] loses the idea quite, and so far it produces perfect ignorance. For since we can know nothing further, than we have an idea of it, when this is gone, we are in perfect ignorance” (Locke 62). In this case, the mind cannot be a perfect reflection of God’s causality, since God is unable to “forget” what he has created. Therefore, the human mind is an imperfect method for resolving doubt, since the consciousness of a human…

Locke discusses the main factor that suggests the sameness of personal identity – consciousness, and explains various scenarios in which personal identity remains the same, as well as circumstances when it does not. Despite Locke’s extensive theories, the inconsistencies with pre-existing theories and confusion about whether consciousness alone is a strong…