mystical experiences – Uncommon Descent

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Philosopher: Why can’t AI have mystical experiences?

[With respect to mystical experiences,] Most traditional theists would say that we are not talking about what Dr. O’Hara seems to think we are talking about.

Mac McTavish { I have always thought that classifying ideas as left, right, socialist, etc causes more problems than it solves. Why can’t... }
AaronS1978 { Hey did anyone see that article on science mag that ai is evolving itself Seems like a super big claim... }
Truthfreedom { 164 JVL ???? If I have 47 results regarding a phenomenon and 32 of them roughly agree then it’s not... }
Querius { What an excellent post, Harry! As Mao once said, "Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun." And... }
kairosfocus { ET, Sev, capacity for evil is another way -- loaded of course -- of saying genuinely free. As in capable... }
JVL { ET: JVL is still clueless. “Mainstream science” doesn’t know how nature could have produced the genetic code. It doesn’t even... }
JVL { You have a fatal flaw in your position JVL. You use a glaring double standard in your reasoning, causing your... }
JVL { Truthfreedom: You can’t know that the reasoning above leads to truth because you don’t trust your brain. ???? If I... }
Upright BiPed { . Oh and Bob ... just one more thing. Anytime you want to explore additional details of the semiotic argument... }
polistra { No problem. Evolution and AI are fashionable, so they will continue to get all the money and power. }
Truthfreedom { 18 Bob O'H Tf– I certainly can’t know all of the contents. Then you can't judge them as "being preached... }
Upright BiPed { . Facepalm So Bob, when you conjured up distributive system theory to argue that that the gene system could be... }
Truthfreedom { There is not such a thing as scientifically provable "random evolution". There is: - "we scientists can not know all... }
Truthfreedom { AWhat? Machine learning systems are focused on specific processes from which they are unable to deviate. If the machines were... }
Bob O'H { Tf - I certainly can't know all of the contents. But if a paper is titled "A proof of e... }
Truthfreedom { 15 Bob O'H It’s certainly invalid to say something that doesn’t make any sense. What would you say of a... }
Truthfreedom { Bob O'H I have the expertise and knowledge to be able to evaluate the broad thrust of the special issue... }
kairosfocus { Re: Outsourcing We should outsource philosophy to AI. KF }
Bob O'H { UB @ 13 - it's certainly invalid to say something that doesn't make any sense. Even if I knew what... }
Truthfreedom { 12 Bob O'H I don’t need to. I visit this site regularly. But you criticize people for (supposedly) doing what... }
Upright BiPed { . Bob, is it somehow invalid and critical of evolution to say that it has symbolic physical requirements in order... }