MEETING FLORIDI'S CHALLENGE TO ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FROM THE KNOWLEDGE-GAME TEST FOR SELF-CONSCIOUSNESS.

In the course of seeking an answer to the question “How do you know you are not a zombie?” Floridi (2005) issues an ingenious, philosophically rich challenge to artificial intelligence (AI) in the form of an extremely demanding version of the so-called knowledge game (or “wise-man puzzle,” or “muddy...

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Publicado en:Metaphilosophy Vol. 41; no. 3; pp. 292 - 313
Autor principal: BRINGSJORD, SELMER
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Wiley-Blackwell Apr2010
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Sumario:In the course of seeking an answer to the question “How do you know you are not a zombie?” Floridi (2005) issues an ingenious, philosophically rich challenge to artificial intelligence (AI) in the form of an extremely demanding version of the so-called knowledge game (or “wise-man puzzle,” or “muddy-children puzzle”)—one that purportedly ensures that those who pass it are self-conscious. In this article, on behalf of (at least the logic-based variety of) AI, I take up the challenge—which is to say, I try to show that this challenge can in fact be met by AI in the foreseeable future.