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AI could already be conscious. Are we ready for it? (www.bbc.co.uk)
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Do you think AI is, or could become, conscious?

I think AI might one day emulate consciousness to a high level of accuracy, but that wouldn't mean it would actually be conscious.

This article mentions a Google engineer who "argued that AI chatbots could feel things and potentially suffer". But surely in order to "feel things" you would need a nervous system right? When you feel pain from touching something very hot, it's your nerves that are sending those pain signals to your brain... right?

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[–] amelia@feddit.org 1 points 1 week ago

You're getting downvoted but I absolutely agree. I don't understand why "AI algorithms are just math, therefore they can't have consciousness" seems to be the predominant view even among people interested in the topic. I haven't heard a single convincing argument why "math" is fundamentally different from human brains. Sure, current AI is way less complex and doesn't have a continuous stream of perceptual input. But that's something a "proper" humanoid robot would need to have, and processing power will increase as well.