International Journal of Communication Research

Volume 16 • Issue 1 • January / March 2026
https://www.ijcr.eu/index.php?link=articole&anul=2026&nr=1&vol=16#a1

Abstract
Machines that have consciousness, or what some think is consciousness, have become the obsession of the day. Moreover, genetics promises us people who will not only live in eternity, but will not have any disease. Today you can be a woman, tomorrow a man, surgery and chemistry at the extremes… I think that in this context it is worth
asking ourselves the question of what consciousness is. In addition, it is worth making the effort to understand the difference between humanity and the rest of nature and, above all, the difference between humans and the tools
they have designed. Of course, an individual is slower than a horse, several horses, gathered in an engine, are much faster not only than humans, but also than other machines. The plane and the missile are just one example. Apart from that, we have to admit that many cars do exactly what we want: they save us effort. But nothing is free in this world.

Keywords: consciousness, machines, Homo sapiens.