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Machine consciousness - trends and issues
A paper commissioned by the UK's Office of Science and Innovation entitled Robo-rights: Utopian Dream or Rise of the Machines? (Ipsos MORI: November 30, 2006) elicited expert responses, denying to various degrees the importance of ethical issues with regard to developments in Artificial Intelligence. The site provides a list of Resources for Artificial Intelligence Education with an exploration of the more ethereal realms of Artificial / Machine Consciousness. Developments in this field are slow but steady, and are likely to become more closely entwined with what we found out about Neuroscience, Brain-based Learning, and Classroom Practice as time goes on.