Do you remember the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey and supercomputer turning into villain. What will be its ethical implications if AI developes consciousness.

Technological adavancement is raising a burning question whether an artificial intelligence system can achieve consciousness. AI systems have become remarkably good at mimicking humans. Entertainment industry has widely used the idea of artificial intelligence in science based fiction movies. However research reveals that Artificial intelligence has not reached at the point of consciousness yet.

Some neuroscientists, philosophers and computer scientists have prepared a criteria which will inform whether a system is getting conscious or not. The team has expressed concerns that it will have a serious moral impact if we fail to identify AI achieving consciousness. Leading companies building advanced AI systems like Microsoft and Google do believe in wonders of getting it consciousness yet are not bothered about it. Introducing the most advanced version of ChatGPT publicly they justified themselves by saying that AI advancement is focused on assisting human productivity in a responsible way to benefit the society as a whole rather than replicating human intelligence.
So how will it be known if it happens. To understand this one needs to understand consciousness. It is the experience of being or existence also known as the subjective experience like ours.