Can, will and should machines be conscious? | The King's Festival of Artificial Intelligence

If some entity is conscious, or ‘sentient’, it makes sense to wonder what it is like to be that entity. You might ask, what is it like to be a dog, or even what is like to be a bat. Could one in principle ask the same question of a current or future AI system? Dr Sanjay Modgil will draw on our latest neuroscientific and philosophical theories of consciousness, as well as literary and cinematic depictions of AI, to suggest answers to this question, and to speculate as to what impact machines that we believe to be conscious, will have on humanity.
This event was part of the King's Festival of Artificial Intelligence, running from Tuesday 21 to Saturday 25 May 2024. Find out more: www.kcl.ac.uk/...