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Early inspirations for AI development centered around solving challenging problems, but recent advancements like self-driving cars and automated scientific discoveries attract professionals due to potential economic automation and career opportunities.
The singularity suggests exponential technological growth leading to a point where AI and robotics automate all technology development, potentially achieving 'seed AI' capable of self-improvement and escaping human intervention.
Consciousness distinguishes intelligence by awareness. Perception, self-identity, learning, memory, and awareness might all contribute to consciousness, but awareness or subjective experience (quaia) is viewed as a core component.
The soft problems are those we know through sciences — like brain regions being associated with specific functions. The hard problem, however, is explaining how subjective experience arises from physical processes in the brain.
Opinions vary widely on whether AI can achieve consciousness, depending on theories around biological plausibility and arguments like John Searl's Chinese Room. The matter of consciousness remains deeply philosophical, touching on human identity itself. The expansion of machine learning and AI might be humanity's next evolutionary step, potentially culminating in the creation of conscious entities.