I think we agree that it’s not feasible to directly test for consciousness, especially since it’s not entirely clear what qualifies anyway.
What would qualify would be the minimal state machine that implements the behavior of the conscious being. Its presence is guaranteed by passing the unbounded Turing test.
The Chinese room passes the Turing test, therefore it’s conscious.
That being said, the Turing test is a test of acting-like-a-human
In its broader definition, as originally conceived, it’s a test of acting like a conscious (or thinking) being. Acting like a human passes the test, but not acting like a human doesn’t fail the test Alan Turing originally had in mind (acting like a human is a sufficient condition for thinking, not a necessary one).
I’d say it’s highly unlikely that our experience of consciousness is the only one out there.
Yes. To pass the proper Turing test, it’s sufficient to act like a conscious being. There is no need to duplicate the specific psychological baggage that evolution gave to our species (and definitely no need to act like Homo sapiens whose mothertongue is some particular language).
I don’t think the Lovelace test tells us anything interesting—current models would probably pass it, because, given their limited interpretability, we’d have a hard time explaining their artistic output (unless we give ourselves unbounded time, in which case no physical system passes).
What would qualify would be the minimal state machine that implements the behavior of the conscious being. Its presence is guaranteed by passing the unbounded Turing test.
The Chinese room passes the Turing test, therefore it’s conscious.
In its broader definition, as originally conceived, it’s a test of acting like a conscious (or thinking) being. Acting like a human passes the test, but not acting like a human doesn’t fail the test Alan Turing originally had in mind (acting like a human is a sufficient condition for thinking, not a necessary one).
Yes. To pass the proper Turing test, it’s sufficient to act like a conscious being. There is no need to duplicate the specific psychological baggage that evolution gave to our species (and definitely no need to act like Homo sapiens whose mothertongue is some particular language).
I don’t think the Lovelace test tells us anything interesting—current models would probably pass it, because, given their limited interpretability, we’d have a hard time explaining their artistic output (unless we give ourselves unbounded time, in which case no physical system passes).