Satori Before Singularity

2012

What if future AIs achieved enlightenment before world domination? Shanahan suggests a truly advanced AI might transcend the human ego, dropping our obsession with the “self.” Instead of triggering a runaway intelligence explosion, such a being could attain satori: a Zen-like peace that halts the singularity in its tracks.

Published in the Journal of Consciousness Studies, Volume 19, No. 7–8, pp. 87–102.

Topics

Artificial Intelligence Consciousness Eastern Philosophy Evolution Futurism Metaphysics Technology Transhumanism Zen

Mentions

Nick Bostrom Joseph Campbell David Chalmers Irving John Good William James Ray Kurzweil Hans Moravec Derek Parfit Bertrand Russell Aaron Sloman Ludwig Wittgenstein

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