Re: Can a Machine become self-aware?

Can a Machine become self-aware?

 Of course,

Imagine a sun screen with a light sensor that closes if it gets too bright
 10 dollar experiment
Now add a voice: computer (or tape player if you want!!) that says
if it is light:
 "Too bright I ma closing'
if it gets darker:
 "Too dark, I am opening"

100 dollar experiment.

The 'I think so I am' thing is antique
That setup I described has reflexes like your eye has.
And it has a voice (if that part is active) to describe what it 'feels' (experiences).
If the voice part is not active.. it is 'unconscious'
but even if we are unconscious our heart and breathing continues.
Like that light sensor still opening and closing the sun screen.
Two separate parts of our 'circuit'.
I have programmed a lot of that sort of stuff, voice alarms here for radiation and dangerous gasses, better than just a beep.
What not...
Just a few lines of code on a Raspberry Pi little computer.
And it logs to memory too.
'memory' did I mention that?

Get rid of all the mystery junk about consciousness.
We (life forms) are just a chemical reaction
bit higher organized collection of cells..