On 9 October 2013 05:25, Craig Weinberg <whatsons...@gmail.com> wrote:
> http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303492504579115310362925246.html


> A lot of what I am always talking about is in there...computers don't
> understand produce because they have no aesthetic sensibility. A mechanical
> description of a function is not the same thing as participating in an
> experience.

This is effectively a test for consciousness: if the entity can
perform the type of task you postulate requires aesthetic sensibility,
it must have aesthetic sensibility.


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Stathis Papaioannou

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