Ma`rifat Falsafi

Artificial intelligence (AI) is a fundamental and interdisciplinary field that systematically studies the nature and mechanisms of human intelligence, aiming to design, imitate, and organize logical and cognitive operations performed by computers in a manner similar to human intelligent processes. One of the prominent approaches in this domain is strong AI, which claims that intelligent systems can possess capabilities such as learning, perception, reasoning, decision-making, and even self-awareness, akin to the human mind. This study critically examines the validity of such claims through an analytical method based on the philosophical foundations of Allameh Misbah-Yazdi. The findings indicate that AI, as a composite entity, is merely a conceptual construct lacking true existential reality. Consequently, existential states such as knowledge, will, consciousness, intention, and autonomy are inapplicable to it. Therefore, AI cannot be considered to possess human-like attributes or an independent ontological status, as it lacks the metaphysical foundations necessary for the realization of such qualities.