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From: selmer@hpcuhc.cup.hp.com (Steve Elmer)
Newsgroups: comp.ai.philosophy
Subject: Re: Cognitive viruses (was: Re: Conciousness)
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Date: 1 May 91 21:47:31 GMT
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Has anybody ever invented a Turing test for self-awareness? 

Adding an elment of the double blind test would also increase my confidence
in the results.  If none of the subjects (including the computer(s)) were
aware of the nature of the test, I would think the results could be considered
reliable.

Once such a test was established and the rules were made static, perhaps we
could at least measure our progress.

(Just a thought :)