Language and the mind presents other theories of conciuousness. For example, does being able to express thoughts through language gives rise to self awareness?

The current Turing test is a test of how well you can trick people into thinking the computer is intelligent. The leading algorithm, A.L.I.C.E, works on the principle that although you can make an infinite number of utterances with a language, in fact people mostly just say the same things over and over. Through stimulus and response, A.L.I.C.E has over 60,000 replies. So long as you don't repeat the same question several times or ask silly questions like "do zebras wear socks?" you will usually get a natural sounding answer out of her. The current Turing test has disallowed using such tricks. In other words, we are not even on the right track to creating an artificial consciousness.

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