Biological mechanisms contradict AI consciousness: The spaces between the notes
Biosyst. December 1, 2024 William B. Miller, František Baluška, Arthur S. Reber et al.
Consciousness likely depends on biological processes within individual cells that have no equivalent in computer-based artificial intelligence. The argument challenges the prevailing view that AI consciousness is primarily a matter of functional information density and integration, and that no technical barriers prevent its achievement. When cognition is understood as a cellular attribute, the premises underlying the possibility of AI consciousness are directly contradicted. The innate characteristics of biological information and how cells manage that information have no parallels in machine-based AI systems. Any claim of computer-based AI consciousness represents a fundamental misunderstanding of these crucial differences.