Artificial Intelligence Versus Natural Intelligence

This book centers around a dialogue between Roger Penrose and Emanuele Severino about one of most intriguing topics of our times, the comparison of artificial intelligence and natural intelligence, as well as its extension to the notions of human and machine consciousness.

Additional insightful essays by Mauro DAriano, Federico Faggin, Ines Testoni, Giuseppe Vitiello and an introduction of Fabio Scardigli complete the book and illuminate different aspects of the debate.

Although from completely different points of view, all the authors seem to converge on the idea that it is almost impossible to have real intelligence without a form of consciousness. In fact, consciousness, often conceived as an enigmatic mirror of reality (but is it really a mirror?), is a phenomenon under intense investigation by science and technology, particularly in recent decades. Where