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From: vinsci@soft.fi (Leonard Norrgard)
Newsgroups: comp.ai.philosophy
Subject: Re: emergent properties
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Date: 18 Oct 90 21:49:45 GMT
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In-Reply-To: rjf@canon.co.uk's message of 4 Oct 90 15:46:55 GMT

Your wrote:
>[...]
>Seriously, though (and maybe I should say that I haven't looked at
>comp.ai in a couple of years), what could ever be sufficient evidence
>for machine consciousness?

How about first finding evidence that other humans are conscious? When
you have that, apply it to machines. (Hint: #1 is a little bit troublesome.)