Category: Spirituality

Degrees of Consciousness "Consciousness is the water we swim in, and in our everyday lives we have almost as little distance on it as fish do of the sea. We can’t ever climb out of the water and stand on its shore .”[1] Michael Pollan In his excellent book about consciousness, A World Appears, author … Continue reading Degrees of Consciousness

Artificial Intelligence and Consciousness, Part 6 "Nothing living, conscious, and full of love can arise from the dead binary codes of artificial intelligence.”[1] Ivan Antic Before moving on from this exploration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and consciousness, I want to speculate about how the basic architecture of AI can provide an imperfect model for a … Continue reading Artificial Intelligence and Consciousness, Part 6

Artificial Intelligence and Consciousness, Part 5 "Nothing living, conscious, and full of love can arise from the dead binary codes of artificial intelligence.”[1] Ivan Antic The book I published earlier this year, Crucifying Christianity, Resurrecting the Way, brought an unfamiliar twist I had not experienced before. I was asked whether I used AI in its … Continue reading Artificial Intelligence and Consciousness, Part 5

Artificial Intelligence and Consciousness, Part 3 "Consciousness is the capacity to have subjective experience – there being something it feels like to be you.”[1] ChatGPT The past couple of weeks I have intentionally minimized the abilities of AI as it relates to consciousness, which I do not believe it is capable of attaining, at least … Continue reading Artificial Intelligence and Consciousness, Part 3