Why AI still doesn’t have consciousness?

Consciousness is one of the unique features of creatures, and is also the root of biological intelligence. Up to now, all machines and robots haven’t had consciousness. Then, will the artificial intelligence (AI) be conscious? Will robots have real intelligence without consciousness? The most primit...

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Published in:CAAI Transactions on Intelligence Technology 2021-06, Vol.6 (2), p.175-179
Main Authors: Li, Deyi, He, Wen, Guo, Yike
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Artificial intelligence
Brain
Consciousness
Perceptions
Philosophers
Robots
Self awareness
Self image
Skin
Subconscious
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Summary:Consciousness is one of the unique features of creatures, and is also the root of biological intelligence. Up to now, all machines and robots haven’t had consciousness. Then, will the artificial intelligence (AI) be conscious? Will robots have real intelligence without consciousness? The most primitive consciousness is the perception and expression of self‐existence. In order to perceive the existence of the concept of ‘I’, a creature must first have a perceivable boundary such as skin to separate ‘I’ from ‘non‐I’. For robots, to have the self‐awareness, they also need to be wrapped by a similar sensory membrane. Nowadays, as intelligent tools, AI systems should also be regarded as the external extension of human intelligence. These tools are unconscious. The development of AI shows that intelligence can exist without consciousness. When human beings enter into the era of life intelligence from AI, it is not the AI became conscious, but that conscious lives will have strong AI. Therefore, it becomes more necessary to be careful on applying AI to living creatures, even to those lower‐level animals with only consciousness. The subversive revolution of such application may produce more careful thinking.
ISSN:2468-2322
2468-2322
DOI:10.1049/cit2.12035