Artificial consciousness

Artificial consciousness (AC), also known as machine consciousness (MC) or synthetic consciousness, is a field related to Artificial intelligence whose aim is to produce a rigorous and objective definition of consciousness, in a mathematical sense, and build a theory toward implementating it in a model or a cognitive architecture.{{fn|1}}

References

• David Chalmers (1996), The Conscious Mind. Oxford University Press.
• Baars, Bernard (1988), A Cognitive Theory of Consciousness. Cambridge, MA: Cambridge University Press.
• Baars, Bernard (1997), In the Theater of Consciousness. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
• Cotterill, Rodney (2003), 'Cyberchild: a Simulation Test-Bed for Consciousness Studies' in Machine Consciousness, ed. Owen Holland. Exeter, UK: Imprint Academic.
• Franklin, Stan (1995), Artificial Minds Boston, MA: MIT Press.
• Franklin, Stan (2003), 'IDA: A Conscious Artefact?' in Machine Consciousness. Ed. Owen Holland. Exeter, UK: Imprint Academic.
• Freeman, Walter (1999), How Brains make up their Minds. London, UK: Phoenix.
• Haikonen, Pentti (2003), The Cognitive Approach to Conscious Machines. Exeter, UK: Imprint Academic.
• Haikonen, Pentti (2004), Conscious Machines and Machine Emotions, presented at Workshop on Models for Machine Consciousness, Antwerp, BE, June 2004.
• {{fnb|1}} Igor Aleksander, "Artificial Neuroconsciousness: An Update", IWANN, 1995
• John L. Casti, "The Cambridge Quintet: A Work of Scientific Speculation", Perseus Books Group , 1998