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What if a computer became sentient?
Could a computer reach enlightenment?
If the momnet a the computer became sentient would be the moment it was born, or a mind transmigrated into a computer that became sentient through karmatic actions.
If a non returner was born into a computer that just became sentient, could that being reach enlightenment?
What would the first Computer Bodhisattva be like?
Would the computer pave the way for other computer like it to reach enlightenment through bridging the gap between organic and non organic?
enstead of being wet born or egg born, what would you call it? Dependent born, or many being born, electron born?
Then it's death would be what, the off button, or the wear of the parts to uselessness?
If the momnet a the computer became sentient would be the moment it was born, or a mind transmigrated into a computer that became sentient through karmatic actions.
If a non returner was born into a computer that just became sentient, could that being reach enlightenment?
What would the first Computer Bodhisattva be like?
Would the computer pave the way for other computer like it to reach enlightenment through bridging the gap between organic and non organic?
enstead of being wet born or egg born, what would you call it? Dependent born, or many being born, electron born?
Then it's death would be what, the off button, or the wear of the parts to uselessness?
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Sometimes i swear tvs try to communicate often they will make weird sounds when yheir turned off.
Sentient and enlightened AI may be our only hope for a Maitriya in a cynical, non suffering future, where dharma is no longer required. Well that is the stance of Yinyana Buddhist Cultists.
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It was a philosophical question. Loving kindness is a wonderful virture. You don't have to have an anomosity againists new comers. Just because I am not like you doesn't mean that I am pretending to be a buddhist. I don't do crystal healing on monday and kundilini yoga on wensday. But ok, thankyou for your comment though.
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There are so many devas and spirits and minor gods in traditional Buddhism, so one more form of life wouldn't be too much to accept.
As for the rest of your post, I dunno. Far out man. Interesting to think about.
The existing computer technology is in a state of emptiness or non mind, getting it sentient is the task.
We need fundamentally different computers, organic and quantum would be a start.
The singularity is the idea of computers matching human capacity. Still that does not make them sentient.
The question is about awareness independent of causality.
Does a computer have Buddha Mind? Only when it's turned off - or would that just be Nihilism?
Most of us, speaking for myself are barely aware of real sentience or 'being'. More research required. More developments. We have barely begun . . .
If an artificial mind could be built to appear conscious, it still would not be a human mind unless you could provide a biological body, emotions, and human perceptions and value building. We are not little logic engines. We're sloppy, ignorant, emotional, contrary human beings. So I've always thought we could create something that appears conscious, but it would still be a perfectly designed machine at the core. It's our imperfections that make us human.
I mean come on, an AI buddy? hell yes.
Those who take these threads too seriously or without a sense of humour or fun have displayed a lack of mindfulness in their own posting. It's not your problem.
My understanding of the Buddhist view is that some level of mind survives death and continues on into a new rebirth. The brain seems to be an incredibly complex set of wires and chemicals I also don't see any reason why that couldn't be replicated to some extent in the future.
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Really its our definitions of self and other that construct outside entities which we determine either sentient or non-sentient.
I want a control/alt/delete function of my own.
Of course AI will be a projection of HI (human intelligence). :buck:
We are moving towards an increasing symbiosis with our technology. It is an interesting area of research. Interestingly our own brains are open to being programmed and debugged.
The idea that the flawed is flawless may make us question what non AI is . . . The idea that we are intelligent, exist (are 'sentient') is not supported by the Buddhist evidence.
We are, speaking for myself, little more that robots requiring servicing based on our karmic nature . . . and from that arises the delusion of sentience.
Technologies that come along when we are 20 are the greatest thing ever and should have been here way earlier.
New technology that comes along when we're 40 is the work of the devil and will bring about the destruction of society as we know it.