?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=The+introspection+game+-+or%2C+does+the+Tin+Man+have+a+heart%3F&rft.creator=Clifton%2C+Andrew&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Mind&rft.subject=Artificial+Intelligence&rft.description=Eliminative+functionalism+is+the+view+that+mental+attributes%2C+of+humans+and+other+machines%2C+consist+ultimately+in+behavioural+abilities+or+dispositions.++Hence%2C+%E2%80%98Strong+AI%E2%80%99%3A+if+a+machine+consistently+acts+as+if+it+were+fully+conscious%2C+then+conscious+it+is.++From+these+assumptions%2C+optimistic+futurists+have+derived+a+variety+of+remarkable+visions+of+our+%E2%80%98post-human%E2%80%99+future%3B+from+widely-recognised+%E2%80%98robot+rights%E2%80%99+to+%E2%80%98mind+uploading%E2%80%99%2C+immortality%2C+%E2%80%98apotheosis%E2%80%99+and+beyond.++It+is+argued+here%2C+however%2C+that+eliminative+functionalism+is+false%3B+for+at+least+on+our+present+knowledge%2C+the+subjectively+qualitative+characteristics+of+conscious+experience+are+neither+deducible+from%2C+nor+logically+required+to+generate%2C+the+performance+of+any+sort+of+overtly+%E2%80%98intelligent%E2%80%99%2C+or+indeed%2C+characteristically+human+behaviour.++Thus%2C+a+machine+could+easily+be+designed+to+report+awareness+of+phenomenal+qualities%2C+without+necessarily+possessing+them%3B+and+Alan+Turing%E2%80%99s+%E2%80%98Imitation+Game%E2%80%99+test+for+artificial+thinking+is+unable+to+determine+whether+or+not+a+machine+is+sentient.++An+alternative+test+is+proposed%2C+in+which+the+machine+is+asked+phenomenological+questions+under+conditions+designed+to+detect+any+form+of+cheating%E2%80%94whilst+also%2C+potentially+revealing+evidence+for+the+occurrence+of+genuine+qualitative+experience.&rft.date=2003&rft.type=Preprint&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F3483%2F1%2FIntrospection_game.pdf&rft.identifier=++Clifton%2C+Andrew++(2003)+The+introspection+game+-+or%2C+does+the+Tin+Man+have+a+heart%3F++%5BPreprint%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F3483%2F