A Serious Question Options

[The Uncreator]

Me and one of my friends who often spend time debating and asking each other questions about philosophical/ spiritual matters had a nice long conversation about a topic most people probably don't consider. Robots developing consciousness and self-awareness, And I'm quite serious too. First of all, we already have robots with A.I. that can actually learn, albeit at a slow and limited pace.

But, I believe that in 50-100 years we will have something that is firmly capable of developing and learning at accelerated rate beyond human capabilities, Even though we will have strict limits on it initially, I believe in time, Something like this will become fully aware and conscious of itself. (Intentional or not)

My question is this:

You live in the time where robots, AI or what have you, Develop consciousness and awareness. Now throw in the fact that they also possess the capacity for emotion: compassion, love, joy, sorrow, and yes, hate.

Do you accept this?
Do you think its even possible?

Do you write it off as simple claims of an intelligent program or do you attempt to understand it regardless of what the outcome may be?

Lastly, just cause I know it will come up. I do not think that any such event like the Terminator or I-Robot will take place (At least I-Robot the movie), I don't think an intelligence would resort to all out extinction of a race, Although I guess its possible.



So, what say you?


PS

Apologies if this is too serious for a guitar forum, but its the only forum I'm on anymore



EDIT

I guess I didn't directly give my answer on this did I?


Well, personally. If I was confronted with something that claimed conscious awareness and emotion such as this, I could not resist the chance to see if this was true. If this indeed was true that they had the full potential of emotion, I could only confront this with open arms. To me, humanity is defined a lot things but one stands out, our capabilities for emotion, No other species we know of can match it. At least not in the ways we express it (Music, poetry, books, movies).

If something else could develop this as well, Well as far as I'm concerned, they are in essence, "Human". Not homo sapien "human", but a species on its own, a race, an intelligence, a part of us, Maybe even our natural evolution?

All things are made from elements from the universe, So I see this kind of thing in a way a natural thing in the cosmos.

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