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A new study finds people draw a firm line at calling AI conscious, even when it acts exactly like a human. This holds although it is easy to talk about a chatbot as if it is thinking when it answers questions, remembers details or picks up on mood.
Read the original →The article says science can investigate how consciousness functions and AI can imitate its outward expressions. Mary Shelley's 1818 novel asks readers to imagine what consciousness feels like from within.
Read the original →The article says mathematical research offers more than the pleasure of solving problems. It says the work takes part in the expansion of human knowledge and the possibility of reaching somewhere not previously been.
Read the original →Leading AI companies are hiring philosophers. Questions such as what the mind is and what intelligence is have emerged as issues in AI development and research.
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