X-Message-Number: 2271 Date: 20 May 93 02:32:29 EDT From: JOHN K CLARK <> Subject: CRYONICS Quaife Turing and Robots In msg 2262 Art Quaife says "It is not at all clear how we could even go about testing whether a machine is conscious". I have a suggestion,lets use the same method we use to tell if our fellow Human Beings are conscious,the Turing Test.It may not be perfect (after all the only one Dr Quaife can be certain is conscious is Dr Quaife,perhaps he is the only conscious person in the world and is suronded by mindless though intelligent robots like you and me) but its not bad and its all we have. Consciousness must have an effect on visible behavior or I don't see how evolution could could have produced it and it did , at least once.If it changes behavior you can test for it. Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=2271