Self-aware Artificial Intelligence Just Became Possible
The 'hard problem' of human consciousness has finally been solved, and there are some BIG implications for artificial intelligence.
- (1888PressRelease) August 08, 2017 - Attempts to implement artificial intelligence have so far been restricted to fairly tight domains; board games or autonomous vehicles, for example. This is because of the so-called 'hard problem' of consciousness, which in simple terms is the admission that we don't have any idea how our own minds generate self-awareness. That is, until now. In his new book 'Nevermind : You, deconstructed', Brit author R R Deehan offers a simple and testable solution to the hard problem which not only paves the way for true self-aware artificial intelligence based on the human model, but also explains why some other creatures, such as the corvids, appear to possess self-awareness too, despite having brains only a tiny fraction the size of our own.
Says R R Deehan, "Self-awareness isn't a question of scale. Attempts to implement A.I. with brute force, typified by Google's DeepMind, may very well be bearing fruit, but only in the sense of systems that can perform relatively low-level tasks. They are building the kind of intelligences most species on the planet enjoy; the kind of awareness that can control motion, or recognise, or demonstrate the basic form of volition. These systems aren't going to spontaneously bootstrap up into self-awareness, because it requires an additional level on top of this common-or-garden kind of intelligence. It's not a giant step upwards to that next level either, once you know what's required, which surprised the bejabers out of me."
The author thought long and hard before publishing the book, because as some industry commentators, including Professor Stephen Hawking and technology titan Elon Musk say, this development could spell terrible danger for the human race, in the shape of conscious machines, competing with us for the world's limited resources. Seeing as machines aren't restricted to the volume of physical space within a human head, it's definitely possible that they could become cleverer than us, and we might have to face an eventuality known as the 'Singularity', in which an intelligent machine becomes so smart it overshadows any individual human mind.
"I had no choice but to publish." says R R Deehan, "Someone else will figure it out soon anyway, and in my personal opinion, the sooner we start to figure out ways to deal with the inevitable manifestation of artificial self-awareness, the less chance we have of falling headlong into a bottomless Pandora's Box of uncontrollable technology. Defining what self-awareness is, and how we implement it as humans is the first step in coming up with a strategy to control true A.I. when it finally pops up to say hello."
About R R Deehan
R R Deehan graduated from The London College Of Economics in the 1980s, and since then has been deeply involved in a number of artificial intelligence projects. His unique combination of abilities provided the understanding that became 'Nevermind: You, deconstructed', available from the internet website http://rrdeehan.com
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