Define soul. You think we exist in some spiritual realm outside of anything physical? That the soul persists after our physical body dies? In an afterlife?
Yes, but even without any formal education, or any interaction with any other human, a human would grow to learn on its own and have reason etc. A computer cannot in any way program itself from scratch.
Although, obviously, humans and animals have built-in programming encoded in our DNA. Even an animal, at birth, seems to understand some basic laws of physics, not to mention survival. (Something that fascinates me.)
We can probably agree that computer hardware cannot be sentient, same as a human could not be without our own software embedded in our DNA.
So I can’t say that an AI cannot be sentient. I am only saying that it’s impossible to test if one is, same as it’s impossible to test if a human is.
Yes I do like to think that we have souls and that we are spiritual beings who will outlive our bodies
Am I right I do not know
I like to think that we do not become simply nothingness
A human being is going to be heavily influenced by the circumstances of his or her existence and our thoughts will reflect our experiences
I think an AI can become very human like and perhaps be useful in certain capacities
The danger lies in when they become truly sentient and come to see that human beings are the most destructive species for our planet and decide to rid the planet of us
Clickbait. The boy moved his hand too close to the board while it was the robot’s turn to move. This only goes to prove that AI has a long way to go before becoming sentient.
There’s a Black Mirror episode (Be Right Back, Season 2 Episode 1) that already fiddles with this idea. It’s a great watch IMO, but be prepared for some eerie feelings.
If being biological is “the” requirement for sentience, then we should seriously consider animals like elephants, dolphins, and probably most mammals to be honest.
