Will AI (Artificial Intelligence) Ever Become Conscious?

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▼ When science-fiction worlds introduce robots that look and behave like people, sooner or later those worlds' inhabitants confront the question of robot self-awareness. If a machine is built to truly mimic a human, its "brain" must be complex enough not only to process information as ours does, but also to achieve certain types of abstract thinking that make us human. This includes recognition of our "selves" and our place in the world, a state known as consciousness.
One example of a sci-fi struggle to define AI consciousness is AMC's "Humans" (Tues.  10/9c starting June 5). At this point in the series, human-like machines called Synths have become self-aware; as they band together in communities to live independent lives and define who they are, they must also battle for acceptance and survival against the hostile humans who created and used them.
But what exactly might "consciousness" mean for artificial intelligence (AI) in the real world, and how close is AI to reaching that goal?
Philosophers have described consciousness as having a unique sense of self coupled with an awareness of what's going on around you. And neuroscientists have offered their own perspective on how consciousness might be  quantified, through analysis of a person's brain activity as it integrates and interprets sensory data.
However, applying those rules to AI is tricky. In some ways, the processing abilities of AI are not unlike those that take place in human brains. Sophisticated AI systems use a process called deep learningto solve computational tasks quickly, using networks of layered algorithms that communicate with each other to solve more and more complex problems.
It's a strategy very similar to that of our own brains, where information speeds across connections between neurons. In a neural network, deep learning enables AI to teach itself how to identify disease, win a strategy  gameagainst the best human player in the world, or write a pop song.
But to accomplish these feats, any neural network still relies on a human programmer setting the tasks and selecting the datafor it to learn from. Consciousness for AI would mean that neural networks could make those initial choices themselves, "deviating from the programmers' intentions and doing their own thing," Edith Elkind, a professor of computing science at the University of Oxford in the U.K., told Live Science in an email. (▪ ▪ ▪)

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Jadon

remind me of the origin by dan brown

me_martian

Understanding Consciousness will call for understanding Brain. And understanding Brain will call for understanding Consciousness. If Brain were the engine, could we call consciousness the Driver? Or would it be the other way round? Its the whole "Brain in a vat" thing.. the brain numbing Matrix and Inception soup bowl!

Buddha480

Just finished reading Superintelligence by Nick Bostrom. Amazing what is happening with AI and machine learning and how human intelligence may soon be too limited to manage AI. Read it if you would like an informed viewpoint on AI

Buddha480

The other must read in this fascinating area is Pedro Domingos's The Master Algorithm. Mind bending stuff but hugely rewarding if one sticks with it !

soothsayer

is it really going to happen? machines begin to rule over mankind? if consciousness gets modelled into systems- intelligence will cease to be artificial-it will be a rival

divey

To make AI conscious we need to understand consciousness and there is no fixed definition for consciousness neither in science or philosophy, example would you consider a sea anemone conscious as it is also aware of its surroundings ad responds to environmental factors or would a philosophical definition be apt that one has to be aware of oneself to become conscious

samgmu

Next milestone of advancement in science is consciousness and it will come through quantum physics.