How to Develop a Conscious Sentient AI: Are We There Yet?

David M. W. Powers

How to Develop a Conscious Sentient AI: Are We There Yet?

The history of robotics is older than the invention and exploitation of robots. The term ‘robot’ came from the Czech and was first used in a play a century ago. The term ‘robotics’ and the ethical considerations captured by ‘The Three Laws of Robotics’ come from a SciFi author born a century ago. SF leads the way! Similarly, the idea of Artificial Intelligence as a thinking machine goes back to the earliest days of computing, and in this paper we follow some of the key ideas through the work of the pioneers in the field. We’ve come a long way since then, but are we there yet? Could we now build a conscious sentient thinking computer? What would it be like? Will it take over the world?

Comments: 11 Pages. Accepted and presented at ConZealand2020. Rejected by arXiv as not in scope.

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