Weak AI will never become self-aware. Actually, neither will strong AI unless we are including awareness as one of it's strong traits (some do, some don't). Aw

Weak AI will never become self-aware. Actually, neither will strong AI unless we are including awareness as one of it's strong traits (some do, some don't). Awareness is a virtue in and of itself, and any machine that has it will require an implementation of awareness itself, and that is regardless of the machine's intelligence. Awareness is about self motivation and the creating of its own goals. It's the generating of meaning to back one's words as well as actions, as even we often struggle to do. As far as I am aware, no one at Deep Mind or IBM is actively working on intent and self-awareness. So for the foreseeable future, if a two-legged drone shows up at your door and points a gun at you, it won't be because AI has awakened. It'll be because someone at the CIA wants to kill you.