?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Turing+Test%2C+Chinese+Room+Argument%2C+Symbol+Grounding+Problem.+Meanings+in+Artificial+Agents&rft.creator=Menant%2C+Mr+Christophe&rft.subject=Animal+Cognition&rft.subject=Artificial+Intelligence&rft.subject=Robotics&rft.subject=Epistemology&rft.description=The+Turing+Test+(TT)%2C+the+Chinese+Room+Argument+(CRA)%2C+and+the+Symbol+Grounding+Problem+(SGP)+are+about+the+question+%E2%80%9Ccan+machines+think%3F%E2%80%9D.+We+propose+to+look+at+that+question+through+the+capability+for+Artificial+Agents+(AAs)+to+generate+meaningful+information+like+humans.+We+present+TT%2C+CRA+and+SGP+as+being+about+generation+of+human-like+meanings+and+analyse+the+possibility+for+AAs+to+generate+such+meanings.+We+use+for+that+the+existing+Meaning+Generator+System+(MGS)+where+a+system+submitted+to+a+constraint+generates+a+meaning+in+order+to+satisfy+its+constraint.+Such+system+approach+allows+comparing+meaning+generation+in+animals%2C+humans+and+AAs.+The+comparison+shows+that+in+order+to+design+AAs+capable+of+generating+human-like+meanings%2C+we+need+the+possibility+to+transfer+human+constraints+to+AAs.+That+requirement+raises+concerns+coming+from+the+unknown+natures+of+life+and+human+consciousness+which+are+at+the+root+of+human+constraints.+Corresponding+implications+for+the+TT%2C+the+CRA+and+the+SGP+are+highlighted.+The+usage+of+the+MGS+shows+that+designing+AAs+capable+of+thinking+and+feeling+like+humans+needs+an+understanding+about+the+natures+of+life+and+human+mind+that+we+do+not+have+today.+Following+an+evolutionary+approach%2C+we+propose+as+a+first+entry+point+an+investigation+about+extending+life+to+AAs+in+order+to+design+AAs+carrying+a+%E2%80%9Cstay+alive%E2%80%9D+constraint.%0D%0AEthical+concerns+are+raised+from+the+relations+between+human+constraints+and+human+values.%0D%0AContinuations+are+proposed.&rft.date=2012-07-05&rft.type=Conference+Paper&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F8716%2F1%2FC.Menant%2520AISB-IACAP2012-Proceeding.pdf&rft.identifier=++Menant%2C+Mr+Christophe++(2012)+Turing+Test%2C+Chinese+Room+Argument%2C+Symbol+Grounding+Problem.+Meanings+in+Artificial+Agents.++%5BConference+Paper%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F8716%2F