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The hypothesis of conscious machines has been debated since the invention of the notion of artificial intelligence, powered by the assumption that the computational intelligence achieved by a system is the cause of the emergence of…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2024-05-14 Eduardo C. Garrido-Merchán

I wrote this paper because technology can really improve people's lives. With it, we can live longer in a healthy body, save time through increased efficiency and automation, and make better decisions. To get to the next level, we need to…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2020-02-24 Philip Paquette

The Turing Test is no longer adequate for distinguishing human and machine intelligence. With advanced artificial intelligence systems already passing the original Turing Test and contributing to serious ethical and environmental concerns,…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-01-01 Adam Winchell

What is the nature of curiosity? Is there any scientific way to understand the origin of this mysterious force that drives the behavior of even the stupidest naturally intelligent systems and is completely absent in their smartest…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2016-06-28 Alex Ushveridze

It has been quite a long time since AI researchers in the field of computer science stop talking about simulating human intelligence or trying to explain how brain works. Recently, represented by deep learning techniques, the field of…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2015-09-30 Hao Wu

Computational Intelligence is a dead-end attempt to recreate human-like intelligence in a computing machine. The goal is unattainable because the means chosen for its accomplishment are mutually inconsistent and contradictory:…

Other Computer Science · Computer Science 2016-12-16 Emanuel Diamant

Rapid advances in AI are beginning to reshape national security. Destabilizing AI developments could rupture the balance of power and raise the odds of great-power conflict, while widespread proliferation of capable AI hackers and…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2025-04-16 Dan Hendrycks , Eric Schmidt , Alexandr Wang

This essay explores the limits of Turing machines concerning the modeling of minds and suggests alternatives to go beyond those limits.

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2011-10-14 Carlos Gershenson

The world has seen the emergence of machines based on pretrained models, transformers, also known as generative artificial intelligences for their ability to produce various types of content, including text, images, audio, and synthetic…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2024-10-10 Bernardo Gonçalves

The human brain is the substrate for human intelligence. By simulating the human brain, artificial intelligence builds computational models that have learning capabilities and perform intelligent tasks approaching the human level. Deep…

Neurons and Cognition · Quantitative Biology 2024-02-20 Barco Jie You

The implications of technological innovation for sustainability are becoming increasingly complex with information technology moving machines from being mere tools for production or objects of consumption to playing a role in economic…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2019-05-14 Salvador Pueyo

With the great success in simulating many intelligent behaviors using computing devices, there has been an ongoing debate whether all conscious activities are computational processes. In this paper, the answer to this question is shown to…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2011-11-09 Daegene Song

It's widely expected that humanity will someday create AI systems vastly more intelligent than us, leading to the unsolved alignment problem of "how to control superintelligence." However, this commonly expressed problem is not only…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2024-12-02 James M. Mazzu

There is overwhelming evidence that human intelligence is a product of Darwinian evolution. Investigating the consequences of self-modification, and more precisely, the consequences of utility function self-modification, leads to the…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2016-09-08 Telmo Menezes

The technological singularity refers to a hypothetical scenario in which technological advances virtually explode. The most popular scenario is the creation of super-intelligent algorithms that recursively create ever higher intelligences.…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2013-05-17 Marcus Hutter

Human consciousness has been a long-lasting mystery for centuries, while machine intelligence and consciousness is an arduous pursuit. Researchers have developed diverse theories for interpreting the consciousness phenomenon in human brains…

Neurons and Cognition · Quantitative Biology 2023-09-20 Zihan Ding , Xiaoxi Wei , Yidan Xu

A core part of human intelligence is the ability to work flexibly with others to achieve goals. The incorporation of artificial agents into human spaces is making increasing demands on artificial intelligence (AI) to demonstrate and…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2026-03-30 William J. Bingley , S. Alexander Haslam , Janet Wiles

We approach the question "What is Consciousness?" in a new way, not as Descartes' "systematic doubt", but as how organisms find their way in their world. Finding one's way involves finding possible uses of features of the world that might…

Physics and Society · Physics 2022-06-30 Stuart A. Kauffman , Andrea Roli

Human achievement, whether in culture, science, or technology, is unparalleled in the known existence. This achievement is tied to the enormous communities of knowledge, made possible by language: leaving theological content aside, it is…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-12-01 Emmanuel M. Pothos , Dominic Widdows

The prospect of artificial superintelligence -- AI agents that can generally outperform humans in cognitive tasks and economically valuable activities -- will transform the legal order as we know it. Operating autonomously or under only…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2026-03-31 Noam Kolt