The philosophy of artificial consciousness in the first season of TV series 'Westworld'

The study analyzes the philosophy of artificial consciousness presented in the first season of TV series 'Westworld' and as a result of the analysis shows the collision of two opposite philosophical views on consciousness and the possibility of creation of artificial consciousness from the...

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Main Author: Konstantin Rayhert
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Ukrainian Center for Cultural Studies 2017-12-01
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Online Access:http://skhid.kubg.edu.ua/article/view/117438
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description The study analyzes the philosophy of artificial consciousness presented in the first season of TV series 'Westworld' and as a result of the analysis shows the collision of two opposite philosophical views on consciousness and the possibility of creation of artificial consciousness from the standpoint of two characters of TV series - Arnold Weber and Robert Ford. Arnold Weber proceeds from two philosophical assumptions: consciousness really exists (1) and human consciousness can be a prototype for modeling consciousness in an artificial intelligence bearer (2). And he has to choose: either to pick out one of the already existing conceptions of consciousness to implement the emergence of artificial consciousness within artificial intelligence or to invent his own; Arnold Weber chooses the Julian Jaynes' conception of consciousness as a basis for artificial consciousness what means that artificial consciousness must have the following features: 1) artificial consciousness has to be the result of the breakdown of the bicameral mind (apparently, modeled within artificial intelligence), the state of mind in which cognitive functions are divided into two part, a 'speaking' part and 'hearing' ('obeying') part, until the breakdown that makes the bicameral mind the unified mind; 2) artificial consciousness has to be a mind-space based on language and characterized by introspection, concentration, suppression, consilience and an analog 'I' narratizing in the mind-space. Robert Ford believes that consciousness does not exist at all and that there are only stories (narratives) which human beings and artificial beings, modeled in the image and likeness of human beings, tell each other and always the basis of all those stories (narratives) is suffering.
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spelling doaj.art-7cf362b25cc34b58a7899676548ee5702022-12-22T01:25:26ZengUkrainian Center for Cultural StudiesCхід1728-93432017-12-0105(151)889210.21847/1728-9343.2017.5(151).117438117438The philosophy of artificial consciousness in the first season of TV series 'Westworld'Konstantin Rayhert0Одеський національний університет імені І. І. МечниковаThe study analyzes the philosophy of artificial consciousness presented in the first season of TV series 'Westworld' and as a result of the analysis shows the collision of two opposite philosophical views on consciousness and the possibility of creation of artificial consciousness from the standpoint of two characters of TV series - Arnold Weber and Robert Ford. Arnold Weber proceeds from two philosophical assumptions: consciousness really exists (1) and human consciousness can be a prototype for modeling consciousness in an artificial intelligence bearer (2). And he has to choose: either to pick out one of the already existing conceptions of consciousness to implement the emergence of artificial consciousness within artificial intelligence or to invent his own; Arnold Weber chooses the Julian Jaynes' conception of consciousness as a basis for artificial consciousness what means that artificial consciousness must have the following features: 1) artificial consciousness has to be the result of the breakdown of the bicameral mind (apparently, modeled within artificial intelligence), the state of mind in which cognitive functions are divided into two part, a 'speaking' part and 'hearing' ('obeying') part, until the breakdown that makes the bicameral mind the unified mind; 2) artificial consciousness has to be a mind-space based on language and characterized by introspection, concentration, suppression, consilience and an analog 'I' narratizing in the mind-space. Robert Ford believes that consciousness does not exist at all and that there are only stories (narratives) which human beings and artificial beings, modeled in the image and likeness of human beings, tell each other and always the basis of all those stories (narratives) is suffering.http://skhid.kubg.edu.ua/article/view/117438наукова фантастикарозумовий експериментсвідомістьтелебаченняштучний інтелектштучна свідомість
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The philosophy of artificial consciousness in the first season of TV series 'Westworld'
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свідомість
телебачення
штучний інтелект
штучна свідомість
title The philosophy of artificial consciousness in the first season of TV series 'Westworld'
title_full The philosophy of artificial consciousness in the first season of TV series 'Westworld'
title_fullStr The philosophy of artificial consciousness in the first season of TV series 'Westworld'
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title_short The philosophy of artificial consciousness in the first season of TV series 'Westworld'
title_sort philosophy of artificial consciousness in the first season of tv series westworld
topic наукова фантастика
розумовий експеримент
свідомість
телебачення
штучний інтелект
штучна свідомість
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