The Mythology Of Conscious AI

Why consciousness is more likely a property of life than of computation and why creating conscious, or even conscious-seeming AI, is a bad idea.

The Mythology Of Conscious AI

TL;DR

  • Consciousness is considered a property of life, not computation.
  • Creating conscious or conscious-seeming AI is deemed a bad idea.
  • The pursuit of AI consciousness is presented as a mythological concept.