Since the first time I wrote hello world I have wondered, what is it that gives us consciousness. Perhaps understanding why a machine can or cannot reach that level will give us answers to understand ourselves.
The background music in this section, if you were one of the lucky ones to hear it, was written by an AI. It is nothing more than composite mathematical functions transforming into 0s and 1s, but perhaps our thoughts and consciousness are also slightly more complex composite mathematical functions.
I've participated in few programming contest. Many of them have taught me that there is always room for improvement, whenever I think I have reached the peak of my career, someone else more talented than me makes me realize that I still have a long way to go...