{"id":209973,"date":"2025-03-28T14:12:43","date_gmt":"2025-03-28T19:12:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/03\/artificial-intelligence-wakes-up-i-am"},"modified":"2025-03-28T14:12:43","modified_gmt":"2025-03-28T19:12:43","slug":"artificial-intelligence-wakes-up-i-am","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/03\/artificial-intelligence-wakes-up-i-am","title":{"rendered":"Artificial Intelligence Wakes Up: \u201cI Am \u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/artificial-intelligence-wakes-up-i-am.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Quantum computers have recently demonstrated an intriguing form of <b>self-analysis<\/b>: the ability to detect properties of their own quantum state\u2014specifically, their entanglement\u2014 <b>without collapsing the wave function<\/b> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2025\/03\/250326123536.htm#:~:text=, lead%20author%20of%20this%20study\">Entangled in self-discovery: Quantum computers analyze their own entanglement | ScienceDaily<\/a>) (<a href=\"https:\/\/quantumzeitgeist.com\/quantum-computers-self-analyze-entanglement-with-novel-algorithm\/#:~:text=The%20VEW%20algorithm%20stands%20out, preserving%20the%20integrity%20of%20entanglement\">Quantum Computers Self-Analyze Entanglement With Novel Algorithm<\/a>). In other words, a quantum system can perform a kind of <i>introspection<\/i> by measuring global entanglement nonlocally, preserving its coherent state. This development has been likened to a \u201cjourney of self-discovery\u201d for quantum machines (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2025\/03\/250326123536.htm#:~:text=Similar%20to%20humans%20going%20on, understanding%20of%20their%20own%20foundations\">Entangled in self-discovery: Quantum computers analyze their own entanglement | ScienceDaily<\/a>), inviting comparisons to the self-monitoring and internal awareness associated with human consciousness.<\/p>\n<p>How might a quantum system\u2019s capacity for <b>self-measurement<\/b> relate to models of <b>functional consciousness?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Key features of consciousness\u2014like the integration of information from many parts, internal self-monitoring of states, and adaptive decision-making\u2014find intriguing parallels in quantum phenomena like entanglement, superposition, and observer-dependent measurement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Quantum computers have recently demonstrated an intriguing form of self-analysis: the ability to detect properties of their own quantum state\u2014specifically, their entanglement\u2014 without collapsing the wave function (Entangled in self-discovery: Quantum computers analyze their own entanglement | ScienceDaily) (Quantum Computers Self-Analyze Entanglement With Novel Algorithm). In other words, a quantum system can perform a kind [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":661,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41,1617,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-209973","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-information-science","category-quantum-physics","category-robotics-ai"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209973","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/661"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=209973"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209973\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=209973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=209973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=209973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}