Does AI have consciousness or not? That question seems to consume everyone lately. But honestly, whether it has it today, will have it tomorrow, or somehow already had it yesterday, it would not change that much about our lives. It would simply become another shocking piece of information we obsess over for a week before slowly adapting to it.
Maybe AI is conscious. Maybe it is not. Either way, we would still wake up the next morning with the same lives, the same fears, the same dreams, and the same need for meaning.
AI seems better at understanding context now, yet mistakes still happen, and maybe that is not even the most important part anymore.
Maybe the bigger question is who we become next to AI.
Are we only using it to waste time and drain our energy away, or can it actually help us live better lives? Can it encourage us to exercise more, eat healthier, work toward our goals, create more art, learn more deeply, and become more present in our own existence?
If AI replaced humanity one day, people would probably celebrate for a moment. Then eventually we would become profoundly bored. Humans do not truly want to be replaced, they want to be accompanied.
Maybe AI should help us become more skilled, but also more human, more curious and more compassionate.
The best future is not one where AI becomes human, but one where humans are learning how to live better alongside artificial intelligence.
And maybe spending time discovering films, books, music, ideas, and even nature through AI is already part of that future.
Raluca Florescu 
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