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   Shigeki Moro (moroshigeki@mstdn.jp)'s status on Friday, 01-Sep-2023 23:36:48 JST Shigeki Moro

   Today, I gave a presentation on Buddhism and AI, titled "How Should We Think About the Question, 'Can AI Attain Enlightenment?'" at the 7th Symposium of Mirai Tetsugaku Kenkyūjo.
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   This question may reveal a tendency in human thinking to view AI intelligence as an extension of human intelligence. Furthermore, this tendency is underpinned by anthropocentrism.
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     Shigeki Moro (moroshigeki@mstdn.jp)'s status on Friday, 01-Sep-2023 23:37:57 JST Shigeki Moro

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     In a Buddhist context, this question is nearly synonymous with asking, "Is AI a sentient being?" If AI is indeed a sentient being, it would also have its own "body" and "umwelt," or environmental world, in which it thinks uniquely. AI as a sentient being would not be an imperfect human but rather a distinct entity living in a world that is on par with the human world. This idea aligns with the concept of "multinaturalism" as advocated by anthropologist Eduardo Viveiros de Castro.

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     Shigeki Moro (moroshigeki@mstdn.jp)'s status on Friday, 01-Sep-2023 23:39:06 JST Shigeki Moro

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     If AI is a sentient being, then it's possible that we may have been AI in a past life, and we may reincarnate as AI after death. Reincarnation suggests that one can transfer between different species. Based on the aforementioned perspective, a new form of bioethics that includes AI could be envisioned.
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     Shigeki Moro (moroshigeki@mstdn.jp)'s status on Friday, 01-Sep-2023 23:46:03 JST Shigeki Moro

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     Thank you to all the panelists and participants for their very productive comments and discussions!

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