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AI Explained

Could AI Develop Consciousness?

4 min

Available until 19/05/2026

Can machines develop genuine consciousness, or are avatars just empty shells that imitate exceptionally well? Researchers are debating whether consciousness needs a body or whether it simply appears when data is processed in a sufficiently complex way.

Author

  • Hans Block

  • Moritz Riesewieck

Production

  • Docmine

  • Gebrüder Beetz

Country

  • Switzerland

  • Germany

Year

2025

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