Hyper Quest Podcast

Can AI ever become conscious?

Swami Sarvapriyananda Ji, one of the most respected voices on Vedanta today, recently visited Anthropic’s headquarters, where these questions are being asked at the highest level.

In this Hyper Quest podcast, he shares the arguments he heard from top AI scientists and what Advaita Vedanta has to say about intelligence, consciousness, and the machines we are building.

If AI can create art, solve problems, and think faster than us, what is left for humans? What happens to purpose, meaning, and spiritual life?

Most of his answers may surprise you.

Watch the full conversation to find out.

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About The Guests:

Swami Sarvapriyananda Ji is the Minister and Spiritual Leader of the Vedanta Society of New York, the first Vedanta Society in the world, founded by Swami Vivekananda in 1894. A monk of the Ramakrishna Order since 1994, he has been a Nagral Fellow at Harvard Divinity School and has spoken at Harvard, Oxford and the United Nations. His talk “Who Am I?” has reached millions. Invited twice to Anthropic’s San Francisco headquarters to discuss AI, consciousness and ethics, he has also taken part in a consciousness gathering in Venice.

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Chapters:

00:00:00 Can AI ever become conscious?

00:05:13 Intelligence without consciousness?

00:09:31 Where consciousness touches matter?

00:15:01 Does Advaita make AI conscious?

00:20:24 Science says no. Case closed?

00:24:32 When does consciousness enter us?

00:26:38 A changed mind on AI

00:29:23 Are we building our replacement?

00:31:17 What if everyone around us is AI?

00:36:21 Is creativity a limitation for AI?

00:41:53 Will we accept movie made by AI

00:44:54 How should students use AI?

00:49:37 Thinking or just calculating?

00:54:42 Will basic income bring moksha?

00:59:52 Is AI-utopia the Swarga of Puranas?

01:02:34 Who is really behind AI?

01:08:12 Is AI fear just marketing?

01:11:56 Is spiritual life a fantasy?

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