Shai Tubali<\/p>\n
University of Leeds<\/p>\n
22 April 2025, 17h00 (Lisbon Time \u2014 GMT+1)<\/p>\n
Sala Mattos Rom\u00e3o (Room C201.J \u2013 Department of Philosophy)<\/strong><\/p>\n School of Arts and Humanities \u2013 University of Lisbon<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Abstract<\/strong><\/p>\n Discussions about AI often center on whether machines can think, understand, or even become conscious. However, in our fascination with AI\u2019s capabilities, we overlook a more pressing question: What happens to human consciousness when machines replicate and outperform our cognitive functions? Drawing on Jiddu Krishnamurti\u2019s radical insights, this talk shifts the debate from AI\u2019s potential consciousness to the mechanization of human thought. The Indian philosopher and spiritual teacher saw AI not as an existential threat but as a mirror reflecting our own conditioned, repetitive mental patterns. If thinking is merely an accumulation of experience, memory, and knowledge, then AI\u2019s rapid processing power forces us to ask: Is our intelligence truly intelligent, or is it merely mechanical? Krishnamurti\u2019s challenge is not to fear AI\u2019s progress but to recognize the urgency of cultivating a non-mechanical mind\u2014one that transcends habitual thought and awakens a deeper intelligence. This talk explores how AI compels us to reconsider the nature of human awareness and whether we can move beyond programmed cognition to discover a consciousness that no machine could ever replicate. Instead of asking whether AI will ever become conscious, we must ask: Will we?<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Shai Tubali University of Leeds Will Humans Ever Become Conscious? Jiddu Krishnamurti\u2019s Thought About AI as a Fresh Perspective on Current Debates 22 April 2025, 17h00 (Lisbon Time \u2014 GMT+1) Sala Mattos Rom\u00e3o (Room C201.J \u2013 Department of Philosophy) School of Arts and Humanities \u2013 University of Lisbon Abstract Discussions about AI often center […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":4,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"","activitypub_status":"federate","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3193","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cful.letras.ulisboa.pt\/praxis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3193","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cful.letras.ulisboa.pt\/praxis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cful.letras.ulisboa.pt\/praxis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cful.letras.ulisboa.pt\/praxis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cful.letras.ulisboa.pt\/praxis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3193"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cful.letras.ulisboa.pt\/praxis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3193\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3194,"href":"https:\/\/cful.letras.ulisboa.pt\/praxis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3193\/revisions\/3194"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cful.letras.ulisboa.pt\/praxis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cful.letras.ulisboa.pt\/praxis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cful.letras.ulisboa.pt\/praxis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}