?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Blind+man%E2%80%99s+bluff+and+the+Turing+test&rft.creator=Clifton%2C+Mr+Andrew&rft.subject=Machine+Vision&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Mind&rft.subject=Artificial+Intelligence&rft.description=It+seems+plausible+that+under+the+conditions+of+the+Turing+test%2C+congenitally+blind+people+could+nevertheless%2C+with+sufficient+preparation%2C+successfully+represent+themselves+to+remotely+located+interrogators+as+sighted.++Having+never+experienced+normal+visual+sensations%2C+the+successful+blind+player+can+prevail+in+this+test+only+by+playing+a+%E2%80%98lying+game%E2%80%99%E2%80%94imitating+the+phenomenological+claims+of+sighted+people%2C+in+the+absence+of+the+qualitative+visual+experiences+to+which+such+statements+purportedly+refer.+++This+suggests+that+a+computer+or+robot+might+pass+the+Turing+test+in+the+same+way%2C+in+the+absence+not+only+of+visual+experience%2C+but+qualitative+consciousness+in+general.++Hence%2C+the+standard+Turing+test+does+not+provide+a+valid+criterion+for+the+presence+of+consciousness.++A+%E2%80%98sensorimetric%E2%80%99+version+of+the+Turing+test+fares+no+better%2C+for+the+apparent+correlations+we+observe+between+cognitive+functions+and+qualitative+conscious+experiences+seems+to+be+contingent%2C+not+necessary.++We+must+therefore+define+consciousness+not+in+terms+of+its+causes+and+effects%2C+but+rather%2C+in+terms+of+the+distinctive+properties+of+its+content%2C+such+as+its+possession+of+qualitative+character+and+apparent+intrinsic+value%E2%80%94the+property+which+confers+upon+consciousness+its+moral+significance.++As+a+means+of+determining+whether+or+nor+a+machine+is+conscious%2C+in+this+sense%2C+an+alternative+to+the+standard+Turing+test+is+proposed.&rft.date=2004&rft.type=Preprint&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F3480%2F1%2FBlind_mans_bluff_and_the_Turing_test.pdf&rft.identifier=++Clifton%2C+Mr+Andrew++(2004)+Blind+man%E2%80%99s+bluff+and+the+Turing+test.++%5BPreprint%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F3480%2F