Nobody can halt the march of science and technology. All that science can do, it will do. You will be cloned, replicated, duplicated, and substituted. Therefore, you must come to that within you which is alone, not transferable. Go to Nirvāṇa Ṣaṭkam to know what you are not. That which you are not — let it be copied, substituted, or whatever. And when you can discount everything that you are not, then: "Chidānanda-rūpaḥ Śivo’ham Śivo’ham."
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Questioner: Namaste, sir. Sir, you know we are a process and governed by certain principles. Lately, I’ve been hearing a lot of news about AI, and one thing that strikes me is the fact that one AI process could be fed into another AI process. If the deep Turing test determines the sentient capability of consciousness, self-awareness, etc., of a machine, then one machine could inherently become far more capable — sort of superconscious — than the previous one. That's something human beings can't do; we cannot transfer the complete brain to another one.
So, my question is: in this whole notion of consciousness, self-awareness, volition, moral ethics, and conduct, etc., I see machines overpowering human beings, in the sense that human beings have created something, but in a way has created something more dangerous — kind of overpowering our own sense of belonging as human beings. I definitely see this tinkering with the laws of nature, Prakriti and everything, causing a lot of challenges to the world.
I just wanted to hear your views on where AI is taking the world today regarding humanity and whether it is leading to progress or a downward spiral.
