@misc{cogprints3557, volume = {5}, title = {Is consciousness necessary to high-level control systems?}, author = {Maurizio Tirassa}, year = {1994}, journal = {PSYCOLOQUY}, keywords = {Consciousness; Artificial intelligence; Robots; Control systems; Evolution}, url = {http://cogprints.org/3557/}, abstract = {Building on Bringsjord's (1992, 1994) and Searle's (1992) work, I take it for granted that computational systems cannot be conscious. In order to discuss the possibility that they might be able to pass refined versions of the Turing Test, I consider three possible relationships between consciousness and control systems in human-level adaptive agents.} }