Will Machines Ever Be Self-Conscious? - AI Summary

Without a doubt, neuroscience holds vast scientific information about human consciousness as researchers over the years have tackled issues such as: how consciousness correlates with neural knowledge, the computational phenomenon achieved through consciousness, the theory of a global workspace, and the model of consciousness postulated by Damasio. Biologically he created a plausible model on consciousnesses as he had assigned all stages of consciousness to specific structures in the brain and associated them with respective functions. Tapping into the bedrock of discoveries made by neuroscience, artificial intelligence hosts many theories on consciousness, obviously from Damasio's Machinist point of view. However, virtually all algorithms investigated to create self-conscious machines have toed the line of a global workspace model of consciousness, which may be likened to a mechanical model. Unfortunately, due to widespread belief among the scientific community that human consciousness will never be simulated on a computer due to the infancy of AI ideas, there's a lackadaisical attitude towards implementing theories in this space.