Is There Something Beyond AI? Frequently Emerging, but Seldom Answered Questions about Artificial Super-Intelligence

Abstract

Using the contemporary theories and views of computing and of cognitive systems we indicate possible answers to the following frequently asked questions about artificial intelligence: (i) what is the "computational power" of artificial cognitive systems?; (ii) are there "levels" of intelligence?; (iii) what is the position of human intelligence w.r.t. the "levels" of intelligence?; (iv) is there a general mechanism of intelligence?; (v) can "fully-fledged" body-less intelligence exist?; (vi) can there exist a sentient cloud? We give qualified arguments suggesting that within the large class of computational models of cognitive systems the answers to the previous question are positive. These arguments are mostly based on the author's recent works related to this problematics.