Have Robots Achieved Consciousness?

Musings at the intersection of Artificial Intelligence, Consciousness, and Reinforcement Learning

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At what level are you conscious? Staring into the eyes of a comatose loved one, many of us have agonized over whether the patient was conscious of caresses received or whispered prayers. Increasingly we will have answers to such questions…