Coincidentally we were just discussing the Chinese Room [0] on IRC. It's a philosophical debate, but the short version is No, a google search isn't conscious.

Coincidentally we were just discussing the Chinese Room [0] on IRC. It's a philosophical debate, but the short version is No, a google search isn't conscious. It's AI, or machine learning, but it isn't self aware. [0] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_room http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_room