Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Lance B. Eliot is a world-renowned AI scientist and consultant. In today’s column, I examine a recurring theme that keeps ...

Artificial intelligence will have major social implications but will not evolve to the point of being a true silicate-based life form. Artificial intelligence will never become a conscious being due ...

Metaphors invite ways of thinking. If philosophical disagreements are battles, only one side can win. If memory is a storehouse, recollection requires search and retrieval (but maybe not if memory is ...

As artificial intelligence moves closer to what some call "superintelligence" or "sentient AI," we face profound questions about the nature of awareness, self-determination and the mysteries that lie ...

Metaphors invite ways of thinking. If philosophical disagreements are battles, only one side can win. If memory is a storehouse, recollection requires search and retrieval (but maybe not if memory is ...