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Can AI Think? Marvels VisionQuest Explores Machine Consciousness
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Moneycontrol•14-10-2026, 14:04
Can AI Think? Marvels VisionQuest Explores Machine Consciousness
- •Marvels upcoming series VisionQuest explores whether artificial intelligence inside a robot can develop a mind of its own.
- •While real-world AI can analyse information and solve complex problems, science distinguishes between intelligent behaviour and true consciousness.
- •Researchers use various theoretical approaches to study machine consciousness, but currently, no universally accepted test exists to confirm it.
- •Experts warn that increasingly autonomous AI poses risks such as cyberattacks and unsafe decisions, which do not require machines to be conscious.
- •Whether machines can genuinely experience thoughts and feelings remains an unresolved scientific question.
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Marvel's VisionQuest premiered and began streaming on October 14. In India, the series streams on JioHotstar.
VisionQuest stars Paul Bettany returning as Vision and James Spader reprising his role as Ultron. The series also features Todd Stashwick as the bounty hunter Paladin and Ruaridh Mollica as teenager Thomas Shepherd.
Real-world science distinguishes intelligent behaviour, which allows AI to analyze information and solve problems, from consciousness, which involves subjective experience like feelings and awareness. While an AI system can convincingly describe emotions, researchers note there is no universally accepted test to prove whether it actually experiences them.
