Human Consciousness Is a ‘Controlled Hallucination,’ Scientist Says—And AI Can Never Achieve It

Traipse into the world of artificial intelligence research, and it won’t take long to stumble across a concept known as the “singularity.” A loan word from astrophysics describing the heart of a black hole where known physics collapses, the term in the AI sense refers to a future artificial mind surpassing the intelligence of humans, leading to rapid innovation or destruction—depending on who you ask.

Whatever the vision—utopian or dystopian—experts increasingly agree that the…