Can the Internet cope with stress?

Lisewski, A.M. (2007) Can the Internet cope with stress? First Monday, 12 (9).

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Abstract

When will the Internet wake up and become aware of itself? In this note the problem is approached by asking an alternative question: Can the Internet cope with stress? By extrapolating the psychological difference between coping and defense mechanisms, a distributed software experiment is outlined which could reject the hypothesis that the Internet is not a conscious entity.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	machine consciousness; Internet; consciousness test
Disciplines:	Artificial intelligence
Topics:	Other
Article Type:	Theoretical
ID Code:	392
Deposited By:	Dr. Andreas Martin Lisewski
Deposited On:	24 December 2007

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