Can the artificial intelligence system posses self-consciousness?
Research Article
How to Cite
Polikarpova E.V., Misyura V.V. Can the artificial intelligence system posses self-consciousness?. Humanities of the South of Russia. 2025. Vol. 14. No. 3. P. 26-37. DOI: https://doi.org/10.18522/2227-8656.2025.3.2 (in Russ.).
Abstract
Objective of the study is a philosophical and methodological analysis of the phenomenon of the actual possibility of self-consciousness emergence in artificial intelligence.
Methodological basis of the study. The authors use a transdisciplinary approach that makes it possible to identify an invariant in the spectrum of cognitive practices that confirms the “weak” version of artificial intelligence (AI). The concept of AI as a global social mega-machine of the West is considered, revealing its imitative nature. A. V. Klimenko's recurrent theory of self-organization is used as a methodological basis for the analysis of natural intelligence. The authors also rely on the definition of information as a form of reflected existence of an object, which opens new perspectives in the study of human consciousness and psyche. In addition a geometric approach is applied that integrates the principles of philosophy, mathematics, physics, and chemistry.
Results of the study. The authors proceed from the methodological incorrectness of reducing the essence of a person to an information matrix. Because the core of each person's essence, in accordance with the system methodology, is a set of ethical principles. It is revealed that the AI system is based on natural intelligence, adequate to the space-time framework of the world. It is shown that the global social mega-machine of the West has only technical awareness, which makes its design very fragile.
Prospects of the study. The authors present a range of methodologies that makes it possible to identify the ability of an AI system to possess self-awareness with all the consequences that follow from this.
Keywords:
artificial intelligence, consciousness, self-consciousness, human being, information, global AI social megamachine, ethical universals
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Kauffman S. A., Roli A. What is consciousness? Artificial intelligence, real intelligence, quantum mind and qualia. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 2023; 139(4): 530-538. DOI 10.1093/biolinnean/blac092.
Porter B., Machery E. AI-generated poetry is indistinguishable from human-written poetry and is rated more favorably. Scientific Reports. 2024; 14. DOI 10.1038/s41598-024-76900-1.
Article
Received: 04.04.2025
Accepted: 18.06.2025
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Polikarpova, E. V., & Misyura, V. V. (2025). Can the artificial intelligence system posses self-consciousness?. Humanities of the South of Russia, 14(3), 26-37. https://doi.org/10.18522/2227-8656.2025.3.2
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