Neil W. Rickert (1995) A Computer is not an Automaton
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Psycoloquy 6(11): A Computer is not an Automaton
A COMPUTER IS NOT AN AUTOMATON
Book Review of Bringsjord on Robot-Consciousness
Neil W. Rickert
Department of Computer Science
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb, IL 60115
rickert@cs.niu.edu
Abstract
Bringsjord has tightened up many of the arguments against
computer intelligence. In arguing against AI consciousness, his
main emphasis has been on showing that a person is not an
automaton. I will argue that a computer is not an automaton either,
and that therefore his book does not settle the question of
computer consciousness.
Keywords
behaviorism, Chinese Room Argument, cognition,
consciousness, finite automata, free will, functionalism,
introspection, mind, story generation, Turing machines, Turing
Test.
References
- Bringsjord, S. (1992). What Robots Can and Can't Be. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers.
- Bringsjord, S. (1994). Precis of: What Robots Can and Can't Be. PSYCOLOQUY 5(59) robot-consciousness.1.bringsjord.
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- Lucas, J. R. (1961). Minds, Machines and Goedel. Philosophy, 36: 120-124.
- Penrose R. (1989). The Emperor's New Mind. Oxford University Press.
- Putnam, H. (1988). Representation and Reality. The MIT Press.
- Seeley, T. D. (1989). The Honey Bee Colony as a Superorganism. "American Scientist," 77(6): 546-553.