During the interview, it occurred to me that the idea of an artificial intelligence system that mimics the brain may not be a proper method of framing the development of artificial intelligence.<br><br>The brain, having inherent plasticity and evolving over millions of years in response to highly varied objectives, may mislead the development of artifical consciousness. For example, we may not need artificial intelligence systems with a sex drive. While much of the mammalian sex drive can be classified as objective oriented development, the reward mechanisms, like endorphins may not need to be developed. <br><br>Also, we may not want artificial systems which act on fear, anger or any other primal emotion, all of which are built into the 'firmware' of the human brain. I suspect that we primarily want systems that are able to employ complex thought processes, which is not necessarily aspiring to develop systems which are able to 'think' like humans.<br><br>When we employ the human braIn as a model for artificial consciousness, we should begin by understanding that to 'evolve' is essentially to change over time, whereas development suggests intent. In my view, the question should not be 'can we replicate the human brain', but can we artificially replicate the ability to reason.