Pursuing Human-Like AI Consciousness Raises More Questions Than Answers
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Putting AI brains in robot bodies to create human-like consciousness is being explored, but we don't fully understand consciousness yet.
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Embodied AI with sensory/motor skills may be necessary for true AI, but robot bodies still need to catch up to AI brains.
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Criteria for human-like AI consciousness is unclear - self-teaching? Self-preservation? Memory?
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Human cognition happens not just in the brain, but through physical interaction with the world.
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Recognizing the first signs of consciousness in AI will likely be a subtle process, like a child's development.