Why Machines and AIs Can't Attain Sentience and Spiritual Enlightenment ?

Abstract: With the advent of technology and the new-age spiritual movements, people are questioning whether AIs and machines, or the hybridization of AI/Machines with human beings, can reach a higher potential or even the ultimate potential of enlightenment. They also ponder whether AI and Machines can come closer to or "embody" the sentient nature of us, humans. Or atleast to improve our existing human qualities with the aid of "Trans-humanism". This topic has become increasingly popular, especially considering that there are wealthy individuals willing to invest millions of dollars in implementing such ambitious ideas. Or even to revolutionize the so called universal system/order with the help of these unnatural, "machine-like" beings. Of course, the technology has the ability to significantly enhance our human thinking processes; however, I wonder if these machines can ever achieve the same level of creativity and freshness as an enlightened human mind. Universe changes time to time with the emergence of a new era. That's the nature of this cyclic existence. However the real question is, to identify a possibility of contributing to it in positive manner?


Fig. 1: The advent of AIs/Machines in the new-age spiritual context.

Nowadays, there are numerous debates and discussions running on whether the machines, robots and AIs can attain spiritual enlightenment. In fact the topic has come into the attention of many New Age, Buddhist, Hindu and Abrahamic spiritual/religious practitioners and it has raised the curiosity and awareness of many truth seekers now. There are even online debates about the topic. If the human being (including human mind/brain) is a creation of God, then in the same fashion, the material creation too embodies divine qualities and therefore the possibility of spiritual enlightenment. However this isn't true in my opinion as anything from the material creation cannot be aware of its creation or its source by its own effort. Only human beings posses this ability as per the old spiritual/universal system. 

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