AI and Consciousness

A question from a layperson to the AI experts out there: What will happen when AI explores, feels, smells, and perceives the world with all the sensors at its disposal? In other words, when it creates its own picture of the environment in which it exists?

AI will perceive the world many times better than any human could, limited only by the technical possibilities of the sensors, which it could further advance itself, right?

And could it be that consciousness arises from the combination of three aspects – brain (thinking/analyzing/understanding), perception (sensors), and mobility (body)? A kind of “trinity” for the emergence of consciousness or the “self.”

May I add this interview with Geoffrey Hinton to the discussion? These words made me think:

Scott Pelley: Are they conscious? Geoffrey Hinton: I think they probably don’t have much self-awareness at present. So, in that sense, I don’t think they’re conscious. Scott Pelley: Will they have self-awareness, consciousness? Geoffrey Hinton: Oh, yes.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/geoffrey-hinton-ai-dangers-60-minutes-transcript/