Artificial intelligence: the problem of ontological distinction between machine consciousness and its functional imitation
Философская мысль August 1, 2026 Aleksandr Nikolaevich Kanaev
The subject of the study is the ontological foundations for distinguishing between machine consciousness and the functional imitation of conscious activity in modern artificial intelligence systems. The analysis focuses on differentiating between functional intelligence, artificial agency, and the possible subjective existence of an artificial system. The study examines whether the reproduction...