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 Scientific papers about ConsScale in journals, conference proceedings and technical reports:

PDFArrabales, R. Ledezma, A. and Sanchis, A. "The Cognitive Development of Machine Consciousness Implementations". International Journal of Machine Consciousness. In Press. (BibTeX).
[ConsScale is used to perform a comparative analysis of several Machine Consciousness Implementations]
 
PDFArrabales, R. Ledezma, A. and Sanchis, A. "ConsScale: A Pragmatic Scale for Measuring the Level of Consciousness in Artificial Agents". Journal of Consciousness Studies. Vol. 17. No. 3-4. March-April 2010. pp. 131-164(34) . (BibTeX).
[Description of the version 2 of the scale. Main philosophical issues are introduced]
 
PDFArrabales, R. Ledezma, A. and Sanchis, A. "ConsScale: A Cognitive Scale Inspired on Consciousness". 4th International Conference on Cognitive Systems (CogSys 2010). Zürich. Switzerland. January 2010. (BibTeX).
[ConsScale summary poster]
 
PDFArrabales, R. Ledezma, A. and Sanchis, A. "Strategies for Measuring Machine Consciousness". International Journal of Machine Consciousness. Vol 1. Issue 2. December 2009. pp. 193-201. (BibTeX).
[Discussion of the requirements for Machine Consciousness measures]
 
PDFArrabales, R. Ledezma, A. and Sanchis, A. "Assessing and Characterizing the Cognitive Power of Machine Consciousness Implementations". AAAI 2009 Fall Symposium. Biologically Inspired Cognitive Architectures II (BICA-2009). Technical Report FS-09-01. pp. 16-21. AAAI Press. (BibTeX).
[Radar chart introduced as cognitive graphical profile. Practical application of the scale to a specific problem domain: Firt-Person Shooter Computer Games]
 
PDFArrabales, R. Ledezma, A. and Sanchis, A. "Establishing a Roadmap and Metrics for Conscious Machines Development". In Proceedings of the 8th IEEE International Confenrence on Cognitive Informatics. G. Baciu, Y. Wang, Y.Y. Yao, W. Kinsner, K. Chan & L.A. Zadeh (Eds.). Hong Kong. June 2009. Pages 94-101. (BibTeX).
[Quantitative score introduced. Scale described as a roadmap for artificial implementations]
 
PDFArrabales, R. Ledezma, A. and Sanchis, A. "ConsScale: A Plausible Test for Machine Consciouness?". Proceedings of the Nokia Workshop on Machine Consciousness - 13th Finnish Artificial Intelligence Conference (STeP 2008). Helsinki. Finland. Pages 49-57. (BibTeX).
[Better definition of levels, but not quantitative measure available yet]
 
PDFArrabales, R. Ledezma, A. and Sanchis, A. "Criteria for Consciousness in Artificial Intelligent Agents". ALAMAS+ALAg 2008 - Adaptive Learning Agents and Multi-Agent Systems - Proceedings of the ALAMAS+ALAg Workshop at AAMAS 2008. Estoril. Portugal. Pages 57-64. 2008. (BibTeX).
[Initial version of the scale. No quantitative measure was defined at this stage]
 
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ConsScale in the Media

ConsScale media appearances, press releases and related communications:

New Scientist 2763

Immortal avatars: Back up your brain, never die

New Scientist. 05 June 2010. Cover Story. pp. 28-31.

The topic of mind uploading is addressed in the cover story of this New Scientist issue. ConsScale is quoted as an practical tool to really assess to what extent artificial avatars can be considered as conscious as ourselves.

New Scientist 03 April 2010 IssuePicking our brains: Can we make a conscious machine?

New Scientist. 03 April 2010. Cover Story. pp. 32-33.

The cover story of this New Scientist issue is dedicated to the FRONTIERS OF THE MIND. Amongst the nine big brain questions, the question about Machine Consciousness is addressed. ConsScale is used to offer a comparative analysis of some existing implementations.

Humanity Plus Magazine - Fall 2009Can bot feel joy?

h+Magazine. 29 September 2009. Written by Ben Goertzel.

Will machines ever really feel, in the same sense that humans do?

Goertzel explains different views to possible answers to this question in this article, and specifies that ConsScale provides:"concrete steps aimed in this direction, describing a series of criteria one can apply to an intelligent system to assess its level of consciousness."

Weblogs MadridmasdThe Cylon Attack II (Spanish)

Blog Sistemas Inteligentes. Madri+d. 17 August 2009.

ConsScale is used to illustrate a possible science-fiction scenario in which the Cylon take over the world.

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Related Links

www.Conscious-Robots.com is a website about Machine Consciousness and Cognitive Robotics. The Test for Consciousness forum is the place for open discussion about ConsScale and other metrics for consciousness.

Conscious Robots Website