Artificial consciousness: Hazardous questions (and answers)

Authors:
Giorgio Buttazzo
Affiliations:
Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Via Moruzzi 1, 56124 Pisa, Italy
Venue:
Artificial Intelligence in Medicine
Year:
2008

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Abstract

If human consciousness is the result of complex neural electro-chemical interactions occurring in the brain, the question of whether a machine can ever become self-aware could be a matter of time: the time necessary to fully understand the functional behavior of the brain structure, develop a mathematical model of it, and implement an artificial system capable of working according to such a model. This paper addresses several issues related to the possibility of developing a conscious artificial brain. A number of hazardous questions are posed to the reader, each addressing a specific technical or philosophical issue, which is discussed and developed in a form of a hazardous answer.