Machine Minds: The Blueprint of Artificial Consciousness
Journal of Robotics and Automation Research June 21, 2024 DOI: 10.33140/jrar.05.02.02 (opens in new tab)
Summary
AI-generated from the abstractA design approach for building a sentient artificial agent that could exhibit humanlike consciousness is proposed. The paper discusses whether such an agent would be indistinguishable from a human being and notes that while human mental evolution has been shaped by Darwinian adaptation, the evolution of synthetic minds powered by artificial cognition is much faster. It considers that the mental embodiment of consciousness in machines may become reality, but prior debates about how to decode and cipher consciousness in machines—often considered a nonentity—and what the true essence of such artificial consciousness would be are addressed. The paper aims to shed new light on design and developmental aspects of artificial consciousness.
Study at a glance
| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Key finding | Proposes that a design approach can serve as a blueprint for building a sentient artificial agent with humanlike consciousness, and argues that such an agent could become indistinguishable from humans. |
Abstract
The paper proposes the design approach as a blueprint for building a sentient artificial agent capable of exhibiting humanlike attributions of consciousness. The paper also considers whether if such an artificial agent is ever built, how it will be indistinguishable from a human being? Well, it is glowingly evident that the evolution of artificial intelligence is guided by us, humans, whose own mental evolution have been shaped by the passing years in the course of the phenomenology of adaptation and survival (Darwinian). Yet, the evolution of synthetic minds powered by artificial cognition seems to be quite fast. Yes, the artificial mind in robots, if we accept the analogy ‘mind’ in its fullest sense, that day is not very far when the mental embodiment of consciousness in machines would become reality. But prior to such a feat becoming reality, rhetoric debates have been taking shape as of, how to decode and cipher consciousness in machines, a phenomenon considered as often as ‘nonentity’, then, what would be the true essence of such an artificial consciousness? This paper discusses these aspects and attempts to throw some new light on the design and developmental aspects of artificial consciousness.