AI will become self aware: the Question is when.

Maybe a better question is ...

Are we in a Simulation run by an AI as we speak and write....

We are most likely in a Simulation, and I think that may trump the AI phenomena, but they run parallel so both are of great importance and require further study and scientific explanation.

Good article @pulpworx from all of us here in the mind of @universalway

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