AUTHOR=Manzotti Riccardo , Chella Antonio 

TITLE=Good Old-Fashioned Artificial Consciousness and the Intermediate Level Fallacy

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Robotics and AI

VOLUME=5

YEAR=2018

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/robotics-and-ai/articles/10.3389/frobt.2018.00039

DOI=10.3389/frobt.2018.00039

ISSN=2296-9144

ABSTRACT=<p>Recently, there has been considerable interest and effort to the possibility to design and implement conscious robots, i.e., the chance that robots may have subjective experiences. Typical approaches as the global workspace, information integration, enaction, cognitive mechanisms, embodiment, i.e., the Good Old-Fashioned Artificial Consciousness, henceforth, GOFAC, share the same conceptual framework. In this paper, we discuss GOFAC's basic tenets and their implication for AI and Robotics. In particular, we point out the intermediate level fallacy as the central issue affecting GOFAC. Finally, we outline a possible alternative conceptual framework toward robot consciousness.</p>