Description

This video discusses a specific study at MIT that looked at how a machine goes about making a decision, namely moving in a changing environment.  The actual ‘thoughts’ that the robot had were different than the engineers imagined and actually helped them better work on editing the software.

Discussion Questions

• What did the MIT study show?
• What is the difference between a machine thinking and being conscious?
• What do you think your Roomba is thinking?

Keywords: robots, mind, philosophy, artificial intelligence, Turing Test, brain, virtual reality, consciousness,