The MECA SAPIENS project

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The MECA SAPIENS project

Blueprint of a conscious machine.

The objective of the MECA SAPIENS project is to develop the blueprint of a conscious machine. MECA SAPIENS is an on going project. This site publishes the blueprint as it evolves.

The first section of the Blueprint (Quest) describes the motivation and context necessary to build a conscious machine. This section has been completed and is publicly available. The second section (Conditions) is presently under development.

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Here are the latest additions to the MECA SAPIENS blueprint.

 

Turing's black box

2009.12.01 Jean Tardy
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In this section we describe the Turing test, we explore the key assumption that underly this test of machine intelligence, we examine the links between the test and the black box concept, we formulate a chess-based version of the test, we look at the semantic and bandwidth requirements of the test. This section concludes with a yet more precise and general definition of machine intelligence: a further advancement to the definition provided in the ELIZA article.

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Intelligence as substance

2009.10.31 Jean Tardy
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The failure of Master Automatons to be intuitively perceived as intelligent led to a redefinition of intelligence as a "substance" whose presence is indicated by adaptive problem solving. However, this definition does not satisfy our intuitive understanding of what we mean by machine intelligence. The conjecture is stated that this intuitive model of intelligence is linked to consciousness.

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ELIZA

2009.10.31 Jean Tardy
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The ELIZA program provides very interesting insights in the links between intellligence and consciousness. These insights allow us to define the Core Conditions of Consciousness. An important and original result that clearly sets the observable conditions needed for machine consciousness and links these with our intuitive understanding of Machine Intelligence.

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Frankenstein

2009.10.27 Jean Tardy
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The story of Dr Frankenstein and the creature, made up of body parts, he brought to life provides interesting insights into how humans perceive intelligence and consciousness. In particular, Frankenstein's creature and others like it such as the golem or zombies show us what types of behavior are associated with a lack of consciousness. They thus inform us about what behaviors must be avoided in a system designed to be perceived as conscious.

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