Write a short essay reflecting on conscious experience in non-humans. This can include animals, other organisms, or artificial intelligence systems. Make an argument for or against conscious experience in your chosen non-human system. Explain whether you believe this system has conscious experience and defend your position. If you argue it does, describe how it might be different from human conscious experience. Discuss a potential approach for testing whether your chosen system has conscious experience or explain why you feel there is no such approach. As for a definition of conscious experience, either propose your own or use: “Conscious experience is the awareness of one’s own subjective thoughts, feeling, and perceptions.”
The length of your summary should be 500-600 words. This assignment is due this Friday, February 3rdth, 11:59pm, to be submitted via bCourses.