AI systems ‘having feelings and even human-level consciousness’ no longer ‘in realm of sci-fi’

Artificially intelligent systems having human-type consciousness is no longer the stuff of science fiction, dozens of global academics have said in an open letter. The Association for Mathematical Consciousness Science (AMCS) compiled the message to AI developers – titled ‘The responsible development of AI agenda needs to include consciousness research’ – as applications such as ChatGPT continue to boom, but added it did not have a view on whether AI development in general should be paused. It says: “It is no longer in the realm of science fiction to imagine AI systems having feelings and even…

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