Conception of Intelligence and Some Misconceptions Concerning Artificial Intelligence

The current robots imbued with artificial states of cognition are nothing but intelligent machines without mindfulness. The systems are clever replicates of human agents but they lack the sheer power of true human cognition and consciousness—they are simply “automata”. We believe that mere intelligence is not something akin to conscious awareness. Nothing could still match the power of human creativity, thoughtfulness and imagination, nor do these artificial beings are capable of eliciting true human emotions, at least, for the time being. In this paper, we undertake a critique of AI in the light of eliciting its concepts by examining the myths and misconceptions surrounding the artificial intelligent systems and systems running on AI. We attempt to demystify the false notions that cloud our perceptions regarding the potentials of artificial general intelligence. Our thinking is aligned to the current goal of embodying machines with conscious behavior grounded on the philosophical foundations of embodied capacities beyond learning and language processing. To this end, we represent our views that we deem relevant to the current emerging confusions and rat races in the AI industry regarding the current state of development and design of machine consciousness.