Computers can obviously be aware of what they do. This is part of the role of the operating system. Operating systems monitor, control and protect the operation of the computer so as to keep the system healthy and able to respond to requests by users of the system.
The question of whether computers can be “self-conscious” [...]
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As human beings, we know what self-consciousness is. We experience it all the time. We experience being aware of ourselves as separate from other things.
Self-consciousness is rooted in the experience of an inner and outer world. The inner world being that which I call “myself” and the outer world the “not me.” The inner world [...]
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As a computer scientist, I have always been fascinated by the notion of consciousness as it relates to computers, specifically, whether computers are or can be conscious, self-aware, intelligent, etc.
In thinking about these ideas, I’ve come to believe that computers already are conscious, or at least they behave so once suitably programmed.
Consciousness is a slippery [...]
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