Dr. Peter Solomon is a scientist, educator, successful entrepreneur, and author. He is the CEO of TheBeamer LLC, did his PhD in Physics at Columbia University, founded five successful tech companies, and has authored 300 research papers, 20 patents, and four educational novels. His current mission: to warn the next generation about the threats posed by unchecked science and technology. He is sounding an alarm about the potential tyranny of technology through his novels, 100 Years to Extinction and the sequel, 12 Years to AI Singularity. Learn more at 100yearstoextinction.com.
Can Artificial Intelligence Achieve Sentience?
Will AI agents achieve consciousness and self-awareness? Will they achieve the capacity to have feelings and sensations—positive or negative? The ability to feel, perceive, and be conscious of their own existence? To act on their own? Whether AI agents can acquire these abilities which define …
