Add to ORKGAbstract In this paper, I explore the ―issue ‖ of consciousness in artificial intelligences, the problem of whether they can be conscious, specifically going for simply asking what consciousness involves, instead of more technical aspects of the field. I use Robert Kirk's concepts of the "Basic Package " as well as "Direct Activity " to outline what being conscious involves, and attempt to apply it to artificially designed and constructed beings. I assume that artificial conscious intelligences will be constructed, eventually; my goal is to suggest a specific and more useful way of thinking about consciousness, which will hopefully accelerate the inevitable. The science of artificial intelligence deals with attempts...
