David Billy Udell & Eric Schwitzgebel

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    This Test for Machine Consciousness Has an Audience Problem

    The audience problem highlights a longstanding worry about robot consciousness—that outward behavior, however sophisticated, would never be enough to prove that the lights are on, so to speak. A well-designed machine could always hypothetically fake it.Photograph by Paul Biryukov / Shutterstock Nautilus Members enjoy an ad-free experience. Log in or Join now . Someday, humanity […]