RE: Will AI ever = conciousness or sentience?
November 28, 2012 at 11:01 am
(This post was last modified: November 28, 2012 at 11:02 am by The Grand Nudger.)
(November 28, 2012 at 4:45 am)Rayaan Wrote: I don't think that a program or a machine could ever be self-aware or have a consciousness in the same way that we do. I think that the level of self-referentiality that exists in the human mind is much deeper than the level of self-referentiality that exists in machines and/or computer programs.
Why the deference to "the same way that we do"? Is our route to consciousness or self awareness the only route? Even so, suppose our theoretical AI machine was built using organic materials...now how different are we?
(November 28, 2012 at 10:58 am)whateverist Wrote: I agree that machines are not going to accidently become aware. If it is to happen at all we would have to make a very purposeful effort.
Oh? Is that how we became aware?
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