Man vs machine: Can AI ever think consciously like us?

On January 27, Chinese researchers released DeepSeek-R1, which led to Nvidia losing nearly $600 billion in a day. This breakthrough highlighted AI's potential, reminiscent of AlphaGo's Move-37 moment in 2016, which defeated a Go champion. The article explores humanity's fear of AI surpassing human intelligence and the differences between machine learning and human consciousness.