This chapter critically questions the claim that there would
be possibility of emulating human consciousness and consciousness-dependent
activity by Artificial Intelligence to create conscious artificial systems. The
analysis is based on neurophysiological research and theory. In-depth scrutiny
of the field and the prospects for converting neuroscience research into the
type of algorithmic programs utilized in computer-based AI systems to create
artificially conscious machines leads to conclude that such a conversion is
unlikely to ever be possible because of the complexity of unconscious and
conscious brain processing and their interaction. It is through the latter that
the brain opens the doors to consciousness, a property of the human mind that
no other living species has developed for reasons that are made clear in this
chapter. As a consequence, many of the projected goals of AI will remain
forever unrealizable. Although this work
does not directly examine the question within a philosophy of mind framework
by, for example, discussing why identifying consciousness with the activity of
electronic circuits is first and foremost a category mistake in terms of
scientific reasoning, the approach offered in the chapter is complementary to
this standpoint, and illustrates various aspects of the problem under a monist
from-brain-to-mind premise.
Author(s) Details:
Birgitta Dresp-Langley,
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, UMR 7357,
CNRS-Strasbourg University, France.
Please see the link here: https://stm.bookpi.org/RRAASS-V5/article/view/13469
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