Consciousness & intelligence are orthogonal. It’s highly plausible we achieve superintelligence before we have conscious machines. That said, understanding con

Consciousness & intelligence are orthogonal. It’s highly plausible we achieve superintelligence before we have conscious machines. That said, understanding consciousness is not necessarily a prerequisite for engineering it. It may very much end up being an emergent phenomenon tied to sensory integration & processing, in which case it ends up self-assembling under the right circumstances. Exciting times…