A.I.

Should we be able to perfectly model the human psyche. In what sense would we regard such a system as 'human'?

If a programme exhibits EVERY trait a human could possibly possess, and execute it in a way ANY human would. How would we view such an 'individual'?

I'm an A.I. major at the Radboud University of Nijmegen, Netherlands, and we are deeply concerned and confronted with these manners. We learn about algorithms that make computers smarter and our Holy Grail is the world's first sentient A.I. But my question remains...

Would we regard the end product as 'human'? In a sense, we are all biologically programmed machines, so what differs us from a mathematically programmed machine? A machine that can feel love, loss, envy, happiness and everything between?

I'd really like to hear your thoughts about this.

Greetings,

a fellow 'human'.