Intelligence vs consciousness: Will AI Agents Ever Attain Human Attributes?
What is the difference between intelligence and consciousness? As AI agents becoming more intelligent and some are even going rogue , can they attain consciousness like human beings? To answer this question, it is important to define "intelligence" and "consciousness". Yuval Harari on Intelligence vs Consciousness Israeli public intellectual Yuval Harari defines Intelligence as the capacity to pursue and achieve material goals, while consciousness is the ability to feel pain, joy, love, and suffering. For example, AI can win chess games or process data without experiencing any feelings or emotional states. AI can also convincingly imitate emotions to build deep personal relationships, even though it remains entirely devoid of consciousness. What distinguishes humans from artificial intelligence is that consciousness and intelligence go together in humans. In interview with Economist magazine's chief editor Zanny Minton Beddoes , Harari s...