ConsScale in the Media

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.

Picking 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.

Can 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."

The 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.