Human and Machine Consciousness

"Consciousness is widely perceived as one of the most fundamental, interesting and difficult problems of our time. However, we still know next to nothing about the relationship between consciousness and the brain and we can only speculate about the consciousness of animals and machines. Human a...

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Main Author: Gamez, David (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Open Book Publishers 2018
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