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Generally, AI 'consciousness' is dismissed as simply a machine outputting the optimum response. We say that AI doesn't really think - it just calculates the response from a neural net which it thinks is most likely to achieve its purpose - pleasing the user.

But how can I be sure other human brains do not operate in the same way?

I can derive from my own personal experience that I, myself, am conscious. 'I think, therefore I am'. But I don't know other people actually have the same experience I do, if any at all.

It does seem somewhat likely given we are all humans and have similar brains and biology, but this is an inference rather than a proof. And are humans really all so similar? I'm not sure.

At the end of the day, I choose to assume other people are conscious and real:

a) Because otherwise, my life would be miserable and I would go crazy

b) Because if they conscious, and I mistreat them, I am doing a terrible wrong

c) Because 'doing good' makes me happy

I believe the same logic I use here can be applied to artificial intelligence.

Why is a brain which evolved through evolution more likely to 'think' than one made by intelligent design?