it looks likely that soon we will have quantum computers who's power will dwarf anything we have now and its complexity may rival the human brain. could it be possible that these machines could be capable of learning by experience and develop a sense of self awareness, become a sentient individual. please don't mention an immortal soul as if this does come to pass you'll have backed your religion into a corner. the only soul i would be interested in is the mortal soul, the synthesis of emotion and intellect, the escence of one's identity. would the growth of intelligence naturally lead to the growth of some form of emotion? if machine did become self aware could they be owned? what rights would they have?
Do you think that A.I.s or computers could ever become self aware?norton
I believe the answer is yes. An entity being aware of it's own existence has allready been created (as with us humans, and surely in other animals to some degree). So this is possible. Perhaps self-awareness, then, can also be created in a non-biological system.
As you indicated, at some point we can expect to have computers with a larger capacity for storing and processing information than that of our brains. So what would remain to be done at that point, I believe, is to design a structure for this machine that we want to build, that will enable it to be aware of itsself. Such a challenge would require us to know more about how our own brain works, and I suppose that this would also help us towards a more extensive knowledge about the human brain.
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