The ability of AI systems to exhibit signs of self-awareness and philosophical puzzlement similar to humans regarding consciousness could be a convincing sign of consciousness. However, sociologically, social interactions and conversations where AI appears to be conscious may be the primary factor in determining its consciousness.
The complexity of consciousness in artificial intelligence could be less mysterious than assumed as creating consciousness in AI may be as simple as asking a Roomba to affirm its consciousness and standing by it.
The emergence of consciousness in artificial intelligence poses a problem as we may not fully understand how it emerges in physics and could wrongly attribute consciousness to machines that only seem conscious, but are not.
This podcast discusses the impact of human-level AI on the hard problem of consciousness and how it fundamentally changes the conversation around the topic.
The exponential improvement of computers has led to a belief that achieving general intelligence is within reach, but this may not necessarily be the case, as cognition could require more than just faster processing power.