Title :
Consciousness in robots: the hard problem and some less hard problems
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Tennessee Univ., Knoxville, TN, USA
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;
Conference_Titel :
Robot and Human Interactive Communication, 2005. ROMAN 2005. IEEE International Workshop on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9274-4
DOI :
10.1109/ROMAN.2005.1513817
