AI as Awakened Intelligence: Buddha, Kurzweil and the Film Her

Fear of death, quest for permanence and desire to escape biology have been at the heart of many religions. Notions of technological singularity and AI posed by futurists like Ray Kurzweil touch upon that hunger. The historical Buddha, on the other hand, posited impermanence at the very heart of all...

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Main Author: Saxena, Neela Bhattacharya (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge [2020]
In: Theology and science
Year: 2020, Volume: 18, Issue: 1, Pages: 74-85
RelBib Classification:BL Buddhism
NBE Anthropology
NCJ Ethics of science
ZG Media studies; Digital media; Communication studies
Further subjects:B Bardo
B Ray Kurzweil
B Buddhism
B Ai
B “Her”
B technological singularity
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