How Long Will It Take Until Ai Robots Become Self Aware?

a reply to: HouseMusic4Life
Some genius may figure out how to travel in time to the future, but no current technological developments make it likely. Similarly, no developments in computer science are inching towards an artificially conscious agent. Indeed, if you listen to leading exponents in the field, it is doubtful that they are anywhere near the creation of strong AI.

But it is simply a category mistake to suppose strong AI = consciousness. When the first steam trains appeared, they were viewed with awe, as if they were animate, fire breathing monsters. Self-propelled locomotion, until that time, belonged to the category of the living. Likewise, until the advent of computers, logical thinking was the preserve of humans and other animals.

Thinking does not require consciousness anymore than self-propelled locomotion requires life.

a reply to: HouseMusic4Life

Are you talking about us ?

( Asking for an AI friend... )