Zombie Alice

Terms from Artificial Intelligence: humans at the heart of algorithms

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Zombie Alice is used in thought experiments by philosophers discussing consciousness. They imagine Zombie Alice who is just like a human Alice in all ways except has no real mind. The core question is that if Zombie Alice behaves in all respects like a conscious person are they indeed conscious, or does this show that consciousness is more than behaviour?

Used in Chap. 23: page 361