Artificial intelligence: ¿will we ever create human machines?

It is difficult to answer properly this question due to the extraordinary number of unknowns and the ambitious time range it includes, but some clues will be given to try to answer the question in a reasonable way.

Starting from several existing definitions of Artificial Intelligence (AI), its actual status will be discussed, as well as the different dilemmas set up through the history: strong AI, soft AI, hard AI, distributed AI.

After that, the original question will be divided into the following ones:

-can a machine have a mind?
-can a machine have emotions?
-can a machine be creative?
-can a machine be benevolent or hostile?

-can a machine be self aware?
-can a machine have a soul?
-can a machine know God?

Specific problems set up by the possible answers to these questions will be discussed.

Fernando de Arriaga