• DocumentCode
    2101568
  • Title

    Consciousness in robots: the hard problem and some less hard problems

  • Author

    MacLennan, B.J.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Comput. Sci., Tennessee Univ., Knoxville, TN, USA
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    13-15 Aug. 2005
  • Firstpage
    434
  • Lastpage
    439
  • Abstract
    Based on results from evolutionary psychology we discuss important functions that can be served by consciousness in autonomous robots. We distinguish intrinsic intentionality from consciousness, but argue it is also important. Finally we explore the hard problem for robots (i.e., whether they can experience subjective awareness) from the perspective of the theory of protophenomena.
  • Keywords
    mobile robots; psychology; autonomous robots; consciousness; evolutionary psychology; intrinsic intentionality; protophenomena; Automatic control; Cognitive robotics; Electric breakdown; Evolution (biology); Leg; Legged locomotion; Psychology; Robot kinematics; Robot sensing systems; Robotics and automation;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Robot and Human Interactive Communication, 2005. ROMAN 2005. IEEE International Workshop on
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-9274-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ROMAN.2005.1513817
  • Filename
    1513817
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2101568