CAN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE HAVE SELF-AWARENESS?

Abstract

When we talk about the possibility of artificial intelligence, we often encounter fear of the consequences of its development. This fear may sometimes be irrational, but it raises questions not only of an ethical nature in terms of the application of AI, but also in terms of the belief that AI may develop consciousness and eventually replace humanity. The current development and speed at which AI operates has once again brought up these questions and has posed one of the oldest questions in philosophy - what is consciousness, or rather, what is self-awareness? Is the complexity of algorithms behind a particular program simply a manifestation of what the programmer has inputted, or is there potential for something more? This is also a question about the nature of human self-awareness, as how is it possible for us to say “I” if the complexity of the human brain is merely a manifestation of biological processes occurring in the brain and the human body in general? And can we, based on the same principle, form self-awareness within AI algorithms if we are, for example, able to reproduce the human brain in technological devices? What kind of dialectical nature is at work here? This work will not offer a definitive answer, as such an answer cannot be provided by science in its current stage. However, this becomes a question for humans in the technological age, and the aim of this work is to open up questions about human nature in the technological age, along with whether this nature can shape technological nature and manifest through pure technological will.