Consciousness as an antinomy (antinomy of the concept of consciousness and the philosophy of artificial intelligence)
Philosophy of Science and Technology June 1, 2024 Julia Morkina 1 citation
Contradictions in the philosophy of artificial intelligence arise from a lack of reflection on general philosophical foundations, particularly the concepts of consciousness and 'other consciousness.' An epistemological gap inevitably exists between the external behavior of another entity and the observer's interpretation of that behavior as evidence of internal conscious contents. Phenomenological manifestations of one's own consciousness and those of another are not theoretically correlated. The concept of consciousness is antinomic: purely philosophical reasoning cannot determine its presence or absence in a system such as the self, another person, or AI. Nevertheless, practical activity and communication require practical ways of conceptualizing consciousness, including intuition, empathy, and attribution.