title: Artificial consciousness: a discipline between technological and theoretical obstacles.
abstract: Artificial consciousness is still far from being an established discipline. We will try to outline some theoretical assumption that could help in dealing with phenomenal consciousness. What are the technological and theoretical obstacles that face the enthusiast scholars of artificial consciousness? After presenting an outline of the state of artificial consciousness, we will focus on the relevance of phenomenal consciousness. Artificial consciousness needs to tackle the issue of phenomenal consciousness in a physical world. Up to now, the only models that give some hope of succeeding are the various kinds of externalism.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Consumption, Communication and Behavior, IULM University of Languages and Communication, Via Carlo Bo 8, Milan 20143, Italy. riccardo.manzotti@iulm.it
authors.forename: Riccardo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Manzotti
authors.forename: Vincenzo
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Tagliasco