The increasingly complex machines produced by the industrial age gave rise to a new definition of machine intelligence. This theory stated that, for a machine to become intelligent, it would be sufficient that it performed a task that only an intelligent person could do. This theory arose as soon as the existence of complex machines became possible and remained in effect into the computer age. I refer to this theory as: the Master Automaton theory of intelligence.
Computer age investigations
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Realistic attempts at building intelligent and conscious machines really begin with the computer age. The artifacts produced, before that time, provide us with useful insights, but they had no chance of success. In this section, we now examine the early achievements in the field of Artificial Intelligence. In particular, we examine the evolving definition of machine intelligence and of the criteria that were thought to be sufficient to achieve it. Again, the objective is to gain insights as we build the material necessary to produce a specification that clearly describes the behavior required for a machine to be conscious. As the investigation progresses our understanding of the required machine behavior will become increasingly precise. We define the three core conditions of consciousness and propose a precise and general definition of intelligence that can be applied to machines. This is an original and important new contribution to the philosophy of mind. |
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