Rohan #7: Can Artificial Intelligence achieve human-like consciousness? -- A year of Artificial Intelligence

Most people would agree that we, generally, have two "dimensions" to us. That is, an immaterial dimension where our mental states and thought occurs, and a material dimension in which we possess a physical body. Lee Sedol is a perfect example, in that we see him execute actions on and interact with the Go board physically using strategies/plans developed in his mind. René Descartes would agree with this sentiment because he was a dualist, and believed that the mind and body are two equally real substances that causally affect each other in a rendition denoted "Cartesian dualism". The difference between the two substances is that the mind is a private mode of thought extended in an intangible realm, whereas the body is public and subject to the laws of the physical realm.