A New Explanation for Consciousness and how it can impact Artificial Intelligence.

Is it possible for artificial intelligence to be conscious? This topic always sparks controversy when academics and professionals debate whether, how, and when AI can regard itself as a person. We, humans, tend to anthropomorphize everything, projecting consciousness onto everything. And, in the case of AI, because of its ability to influence things that are normally human, such as vision and language, society is often driven to assign meaning to the entire experience. In an article for the Economist, cognitive scientist Douglas Hofstadter believes that existing AI is far from comprehending -- and provides numerous examples.