Dr Pentti Haikonen is an experienced contributor to the field of machine consciousness, conducting research on the topic for over 10 years. He is currently a Principal Scientist in cognitive technology at the Nokia Research Center, Helsinki, and has written the book ""The Cognitive Approach to Conscious Machines"" (Imprint Academic, 2003) and the book chapter ""Artificial Minds and Conscious Machines"" in ""Visions of Mind: Architectures for Cognition and Affect"" (Idea Group Inc., 2005). Haikonen is known for putting forward the theory that ""the brain is definitely not a computer. Thinking i...