First Contact

When I see and experience the often surprising results of machine learning, neural nets, evolving algorithms etc. (http://aiweirdness.com/)
I often wonder, if a consciousness ever emerges from one of our systems, would it have any similarity at all to ours? hashtag#machinelearning
I bet the chances of us experiencing this in our lifetime, is way higher than contact from interstellar aliens.
more thoughts: https://lnkd.in/dKg-e5X
Original Linkedin post: http://bit.ly/2NMpm21