A.I. & Spirituality

[Starman]

Whatever A.I. may be able to do will depend on humanity; how A.I. is programmed and used. But the premise of A.I. moving from artificial to actual intelligence, in my opinion, is possible.

From a Pantheistic spiritual perspective, everything has consciousness, a tree, a rock, etc. An all consciousness expresses itself, a cloud expresses itself, a mountain may become an erupting volcano, the Sun up in the sky may have solar flares.

How consciousness expresses itself depends on the form it inhabits. It is not that A.I. can become conscious, rather in my opinion it is about whether A.I. Is given pathways to express consciousness.

Humans have those pathways built into our central nervous system. A brain dead person is still alive but they can not express their consciousness. In my opinion everything is conscious but everything is not able to express its consciousness.

Some living things, like insects and micro organisms, etc., may have a limited ability to express their consciousness. A.I. may start out with a limited rudimentary ability, but given appropriate pathways it might be able to express self awareness.