On Artificial Intelligence and Consciousness
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- Pentti O. A. Haikonen
- Department of Philosophy, University of Illinois at Springfield, One University Plaza, Springfield, IL 62703, USA
Description
<jats:p> The popular expectation is that Artificial Intelligence (AI) will soon surpass the capacities of the human mind and Strong Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) will replace the contemporary Weak AI. However, there are certain fundamental issues that have to be addressed before this can happen. There can be no intelligence without understanding, and there can be no understanding without getting meanings. Contemporary computers manipulate symbols without meanings, which are not incorporated in the computations. This leads to the Symbol Grounding Problem; how could meanings be incorporated? The use of self-explanatory sensory information has been proposed as a possible solution. However, self-explanatory information can only be used in neural network machines that are different from existing digital computers and traditional multilayer neural networks. In humans, self-explanatory information has the form of qualia. To have reportable qualia is to be phenomenally conscious. This leads to the hypothesis about an unavoidable connection between the solution of the Symbol Grounding Problem and consciousness. If, in general, self-explanatory information equals to qualia, then machines that utilize self-explanatory information would be conscious. </jats:p>
Journal
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- Journal of Artificial Intelligence and Consciousness
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Journal of Artificial Intelligence and Consciousness 07 (01), 73-82, 2020-03
World Scientific Pub Co Pte Lt
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Details 詳細情報について
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- CRID
- 1360861295062926208
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- ISSN
- 27050793
- 27050785
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- Data Source
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- Crossref