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Originally Posted by Michiel
I believe, but cannot prove, that the human mind/brain is nothing more than a biological/chemical computer and that true AI is possible.
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That's funny because I believe, but cannot prove, that AI will never be like the human brain.
I think a computer is very good at logic and rule following, but I see no basis for a computer to have emotions, a subconscious, or any sort of intuition. Because of this lack, an ego for the AI will be very hard, as will be the AI's ability to choose to be loyal, kind, or brave. Sure, you can program it to be any of those things, but it will just be following the rules you have set up for it.
Also, I don't think an AI will ever have the sort of instincts that a human has. I don't see an AI actually having a self-preservation instinct or a mothering instinct or anything like that, at least, not without them being programmed in, and that doesn't count.
On the other hand, I do believe that AI will get very sophisticated. It will eventually be able to understand human language and be able to respond in kind. It will be able to recognize faces and be able to read expressions. It will be able to figure out what you're trying to do in a word processor and will be able to help you much more helpfully than any paperclip ever could. Basically, I think computers will meet and surpass the level of the Enterprise-D's computer, maybe even to the point where people will call the computer
alive, but I don't think it will ever be like the human brain.