Ralph Caspers asks whether an AI can have consciousness; in other words, whether a technical machine with artificial intelligence can develop something like consciousness. Is it even possible to test for existing consciousness? Science has been dealing with this question for quite some time: the most well-known consciousness test was developed by Alan Turing. As early as 1950, the mathematician had thought about how to find out whether a machine had developed consciousness of itself and the world. He called his test the "Imitation Game"; today known as the Turing test. Ralph explains in the video how such a test for consciousness works - and also what problems there are with such tests. It starts with the question of what these tests are supposed to measure in the first place. There are many theories about how consciousness could arise in humans. But to this day there is no agreement about what human consciousness actually is and how it works. This year researchers presented something like a meta-consciousness theory. In it they describe criteria that could be used to prove consciousness in an AI; for example, how a machine can perceive its environment or how information is filtered. Or whether an AI pursues a goal and how it behaves when there are, for example, two competing goals. Ralph tells you in the video how good current AIs are in this regard. Finally, Ralph considers where the fascination with “AI consciousness” comes from and how an AI computer could perhaps even help to understand the prerequisites for the emergence of consciousness. Chapter 0:00 Intro 2:29 The Turing Test: How does the machine consciousness test work? 3:41 What is consciousness? 7:10 Artificial intelligence and consciousness: Where does the fascination with AI come from? Authors: Kristin Raabe, Ralph Caspers Editing and graphics: Elke Baulig Sound design: Florian Ebrecht Editor: Monika Grebe Video and reading tips Quark's Dimension Ralph: Is artificial intelligence superior to us? • Is artificial intelligence superior to us... Page on the topic of AI consciousness; recommended: the podcast with important people from AI research: https://www.ki-bewusstsein.de/ Our most important sources An interdisciplinary team has developed 14 criteria based on the most important theories of consciousness that can be used to determine consciousness in AIs: Consciousness in Artificial Intelligence: Insights from the Science of Consciousness; published on: ArXiv, 2023 https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.08708 A somewhat more understandable report on the research on the 14 criteria was published in the magazine Science: If AI becomes conscious, how will we know? in: Science, 2023 https://www.science.org/content/artic... Very good overview of AI consciousness research: Karsten Wendland: Image of man without people - subject construction in the mirror of synthetic competition; in: Who are you human? Transformations of human self-understanding in scientific and technological progress ISBN: 978-3-451-38960-3, 2021 Karsten Wendland: Demystifying Artificial Consciousness ‒ About Attributions, Black Swans, and Suffering Machines; in: Journal of AI Humanities, 2021 PDF: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/... Alan Turing's test for AI consciousness: Alan Mathison Turing: Computing Machinery and Intelligence in: Mind - A Quarterly Review of Psychology and Philosophy, 1950 https://academic.oup.com/mind/article... Criticism of the Turing test: Minds, Brains, and Programs; in: The Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 1980 PDF: http://www.course.sdu.edu.cn/G2S/eWeb... Did you like the video? Then subscribe now to the official Quarks channel with Ralph Caspers @DimensionRalph on YouTube! Also visit the official Quarks channel on YouTube: @Quarks #quarks on Instagram: / quarks.de Quarks on Twitter: / quarkswdr Quarks on Facebook: / quarks.de #AI #artificialintelligence #consciousness #dimensionralph #ralphcaspers