What Do We Mean by Conscious Things?

• Something that processes information

• • Has hardware/software enabling it to:
  • • take-in data e.g. senses/sensors
    • store, organize, manipulate, combine & take decisions based upon such data
    • output data e.g., communicate

• What Is a Conscious Computer?

• • Traditionally, something that is self-aware
  • But only self is aware of that; too subjective
  • Objectively: Autonomous, Communicative (persuadable) & Transcendent (empathetic)