From: Shynn Chris (email@example.com) Date: Tue May 01 2001 -
11:47:20 BST This paper investigates the principals of making a
conscious robot and whether or not making a robot with a
singular consciousness is feasible. It details a project at MIT
which was aimed at making not a conscious robot but a robot
which could interact with the real world in a versatile and
robust way. This robot would also be able to provide invaluable
information which would be near impossible to get otherwise. >
It is unlikely, in my opinion, that anyone will ever make a
robot that > is conscious in just the way we human beings are. I
am not sure if I agree with Dennett in this point. I believe it
depends on what people define as the essence of consciousness.
If you believe that that essence is the human soul or spirit
then in that case I agree with Dennett that humans will never be
able to make a conscious robot as we would have to become near
gods ourselves and able to bestow a soul upon a robot. If,
however you see that conscious