March 26, 2007
Holland (2003) Machine Consciousness
Can a machine really have feelings? Well, even a humble thermostat knows when it gets too hot — and can do something about it. But can a machine think? Does it have a personality? How would you know? In this collection of essays we hear from an international array of computer and brain scientists who are actively working from both the machine and human ends of things to bridge the gap between the mind and the machine.