AI
and CONSCIOUSNESS
I have been a student of mathematics, physics, engineering,
computer science, geology, and cosmology since 1951, earning several degrees,
including a PhD in environmental engineering in 1988, and because of several spontaneous
out-of-body experiences (OBEs) that occurred early in my life, I have also been
a seeker of metaphysical knowledge, exploring the perennial philosophy of Aldous
Huxley, the Rosicrucian Order (AMORC), Theosophy, Zen Buddhism, Tibetan Yoga, Jewish
and Christian Mysticism, and Self-Realization Fellowship (SRF) yoga meditation
techniques.
I have practiced a form of pranayama (yogic life-force
control) since 1960 as an initiate in the Kriya consciousness expansion techniques
taught by Sri Paramahansa Yogananda, and I have also been involved in
consciousness studies with several well-known researchers in the field for the
last 40 years. I have been a computer programmer, an actuarial mathematics
technician, a mathematical modeler, and US Government systems analyst. I
believe that this multi-field background provides me with a unique perspective
from which to comment on artificial intelligence and the nature of consciousness.
With all of the concerns we are hearing today about AI
computing machines, like their becoming conscious and taking over the world with
the potential of destroying us, let me point out that you can only believe that
such a thing is possible and that it might happen, if you not only don’t believe in
God, but you also don’t believe that you have a soul. My discovery in 2011 of
the indirectly measurable non-physical aspect of reality, now known as gimmel, existing
in every atom of the universe, proved to me that, if man-made machines become
conscious, they will do so only within the existing laws of nature, which are
actually the physical manifestation of Primary Consciousness. i.e., the Mind of
God, the substrate of all reality. So, let not your heart be troubled about AI!
It is subject to the laws of the universe. Floods, fire, and atomic bombs have
not destroyed us, and AI will not destroy us either. The Mind of God is the
matrix from which all that exists arises; it is the only reality, and AI, like
any other human artifact, is part of it.
In order to prove or disprove the existence or
non-existence of God for myself, I have practiced Kriya Yoga techniques daily,
for a little more than 63 years. I am happy to report to you that the Loving Omnipresence
of God is real and that it is provable not only by personal experience, but
also by the existence of quanta of gimmel. Without it, there would be no
physical universe, no planet Earth, and no human beings. At present, artificial
intelligence is only a poor imitation of the real thing, and it is subject to
the laws of the universe. AI is already able to out-perform human beings in
speed of computation, and algorithmic learning; but numerical calculation and finite
memory are only small parts of intelligence, and they are merely tools of
consciousness, not consciousness itself. Yes, AI, like sticks and stones, slings
and arrows, guns and bombs, is capable of destroying us, if we are stupid
enough to let it. But, the destruction of the humanity by AI would not be the triumph
of a superior species of consciousness over us, it would just be the stupidity
of suicide!
For more about this, go to my blogsite: www.ERCloseTPhysics.com .
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