(01-28-2016, 02:54 PM)APeacefulWarrior Wrote: Yeah, I'm also deeply bothered by the implications of AI. That said, we're still a LONG way away from having GAI of the sort that might actually develop something resembling consciousness.
I don't think AI can ever be capable of developing consciousness. Searle's Chinese Room argument has convinced me of that, combined with the knowledge that consciousness is the foundation of reality rather than an emergent property of brains, as science currently assumes.