There is no such thing as conscious artificial intelligence.
The claim that so-called artificial intelligence (AI) can gain consciousness is on the verge of becoming mainstream. The thesis of this conceptual study is simple: There is no such thing as conscious AI. We argue that the association between consciousness and the computer algorithms used today (prim...
| Publicado en: | Humanities & Social Sciences Communications Vol. 12; no. 1; pp. 1 - 13 |
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Springer Nature
10/28/2025
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