What do you think about the applicability of the old Turing Test in the context of today's Consciousness in Artificial Intelligence?
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Most of the current AI applications can pass Turing test. Turing test is still a practial indication of AI inteligence, but without any logic explanation. This method can be helpful as a practical use.
Turing test regards behaviour. I do not think there is any "consciousness" in artificial systems. Such systems possess functional intelligence, but not authentic intelligence. They are not intelligent; they function in the way people (human intelligence) designed and programmed them.
In my book "On Time and Mind" (par. 8.9), I wrote something I call "Care thesis", which runs as follows:
Thoughts and behaviour of sentient living beings is determined by their needs, fears and desires: by care. People's mental abilities and activities are shaped and led by care, and they cannot be completely replicated by inanimate artificial systems which do not possess consciousness and do not know care. It seems obvious that computers are not conscious (although we cannot prove this), so that such systems cannot care, understand, be intelligent and creative in the sense in which people are.
Software AI cannot be conscious.
To detect real feeling, turn the Turing test upside down: go in a room and observe the agent closely. What does your perception and judgement tell you?
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