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From: cpshelley@violet.uwaterloo.ca (cameron shelley)
Subject: Re: Testing for machine consciousness
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>In article <1990Oct4.154655.23004@canon.co.uk> rjf@canon.co.uk wrote:
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>BTW, I'd still be interested in hearing whether anyone has a test for
>machine consciousness..

  If consciousness is 'emergent' and therefore not reduced to a formal
framework (yet), then there is no test since there are no criteria to
fufil...
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