Faggin, 'artificial intelligence without consciousness is nothing'

"Artificial intelligence is a formal, mathematical, algorithmic structure created on the basis of the information that we have selected as humanity (ChatGPT example). Work on symbols. Algorithms have the ability to synthesize correlations between symbols. It seems that Artificial Intelligence understands what it says. Yet it doesn't understands nothing, it's a machine. Only the conscience understands can find meanings. The machine uses symbols, but not meanings. Information in technologies has nothing to do with what to see with the meanings. For this there is the possibility of a deception. We tend to give and project consciousness into that which appears to us to behave intelligently. But it is not the case of the machines". This was stated by Federico Faggin, physicist and father of the microprocessor, today and tomorrow in Palermo to participate in the international conference, which takes place at the Politeama Theatre, from title "Consciousness and free will: the thinkers", organized by the association Symposium Terzo Settore and coordinated by Ester Good faith. "We believe that it is necessary to put conscience at the centre of the company - says Bonafede - the turning point is to put together knowledge and spirituality. For this reason the initiative Among others, the four Sicilian universities have joined, the Pontifical Theological Faculty of Sicily and the Lumsa of Palermo and of Rome". For the mayor Roberto Lagalla, "to take an interest in the The topic of free will and conscience is a daunting challenge but meritorious". "Faggin is a serial Palermitan - he adds - he is honorary graduate of our University and is a citizen honorary. I was, in both cases, the demiurge of these contributions. It is necessary to reconnect the sphere of sciences humanities to that of technologies that seem apparently separate".