Do you think, considering the complexity of it, AI could ever become sentient, and if so would it have to be programmed

Question: Do you think, considering the complexity of it, AI could ever become sentient, and if so would it have to be programmed into it?
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  AI,
  programming,
  sentient
Asked by Amity on 15 Jan 2020. This question was also asked by ellahill, jac0bke11y123, Jay.
- Maja Popovic answered on 15 Jan 2020:
  
  Very interesting question 🙂
  I think it is possible if it gets complex enough, and there is no need to be programmed into it, it would emerge precisely from the high complexity itself.

Question: Do you think, considering the complexity of it, AI could ever become sentient, and if so would it have to be programmed into it?