Consciousness and Unconsciousness of Artificial Intelligence

by Eugene Piletsky^1
1 Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (Kyiv, Ukraine)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.29202/fhi/11/7
Received: 5 February 2019 / Accepted: 5 March 2019 / Published: 12 March 2019

This paper presents the author’s attempt to justify the need for understanding the problem of multilevel mind in artificial intelligence systems. Thus, it is assumed that consciousness and the unconscious are not equal in natural mental processes. The human conscious is supposedly a “superstructure” above the unconscious automatic processes. Nevertheless, it is the unconscious that is the basis for the emotional and volitional manifestations of the human psyche and activity. At the same time, the alleged mental activity of Artificial Intelligence may be devoid of the evolutionary characteristics of the human mind. Several scenarios are proposed for the possible development of a “strong” AI through the prism of creation (or evolution) of the machine unconscious. In addition, we propose two opposite approaches regarding the relationship between the unconscious and the conscious.

Keywords: artificial intelligence, consciousness, unconsciousness, philosophy of mind

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Piletsky, Eugene (2019) Consciousness and Unconsciousness of Artificial Intelligence. Future Human Image, Volume 11, 66-71. https://doi.org/10.29202/fhi/11/7