> Philosophers and scientists have been at war for decades over the question of what makes human beings more than complex robots
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It's the same problem that AI has. AI is whatever a computer can't do.
A few decades ago the computer couldn't play chess, so chess was a good example of AI. Once the computers could play chess and easily wind a match against a grand master, the we can see behind the curtain and understand the tricks, and now chess is only a circus trick and no real AI.
For now, computers can't simulate consciousness, so it's a mystery and a good AI research topic.
[Citation needed]
It's the same problem that AI has. AI is whatever a computer can't do.
A few decades ago the computer couldn't play chess, so chess was a good example of AI. Once the computers could play chess and easily wind a match against a grand master, the we can see behind the curtain and understand the tricks, and now chess is only a circus trick and no real AI.
For now, computers can't simulate consciousness, so it's a mystery and a good AI research topic.