Artificial Intelligence From Sikhi's Perspective

[Ranjeet01]

If Ranjeet's hypothesis comes true, I'd be curious to see how these beings, as Sikhs, would practice Sikhi minus the Punjabiyat (or even the South-East Asian) influences.

There's a propensity to judge the likes of 3HO (who, to be fair, are indulging in a few strange practices) as non-Sikh, whether such opinions originate from a mild form of subconscious (or otherwise) discrimination or not I'm not sure. What the kattar amongst us will make of android Sikhs I shudder to think.

Anyway, I bet the jathas will be falling over themselves to recruit them and encourage them to join their ranks, lol. At least they'll be safe from the sort who make a policy of weak, young boys being indoctrinated by holy men and their representatives.

Maybe a machine is the only thing capable of following the truest form of Sikhi?

I wonder if AI Sikh would understand Gurbani in a very literal sense and perhaps not understand the particular nuances that maybe a Human Sikh could?

But then again, they may see Gurbani in a completely different way, maybe more accurately in ways we have never considered.

[genie]

I am bit of a science fiction buff and there has been a lot of books and films about Artificial Intelligence whether it is Isaac Asimov, Battlestar Galactica, Terminator etc.

As the world advances technologically, it may be a matter of time before we have a sentient, intelligent being.

Human beings would claim they created this and would claim they are God, but would it not be part of Maharaj's hukam.

As a Sikh, it makes me wonder whether a potentially Artificial Intelligence would make a better Sikh than us humans because they may not be able to feel emotion and they may not be susceptible to the five vices.

However, if they have no emotions how would experience Anand (bliss) from Naam.

It is always claimed that only as humans can we break the cycle and achieve Mukhti, because we are the highest life form but will this be the case with an Artificial Intelligence that maybe able to overtake and transcend us.

Your thoughts please.

Problem with A.I is that there will be no soul and if there is no soul there is no true consciousness, no real death, no reincarnation and no salvation (mukthi). Therefore in terms of Sikhi its irrelevant as we humans would be its creators (Gods) and it wont be seen as a real organic living being that has trials and errors like humans do that Waheguru has programmed us all with according to my understanding of scriptures.

[jkvlondon]

I wonder if that would be because they would not have emotions and therefore would be under the 5 vices.

I think that the difference between a human and an AI could be emotion.

But without emotion, could you still have sat, Santokh, pyar, nimrata, daya?

Could you be chardikala without emotion?

It could very well be that what make a human's flaws and virtues come from the very same place. Somewhat a double edged sword.

Would an AI not under the 5 thieves lack the 5 virtues?

If there were AI Sikhs, I think it would make human Sikhs re-evaluate what it would mean to be human, what it means to be Sikh and also our place in the universe.

isnt a sikh supposed to be in equipoise , in control of his/her emotions, all accepting of hukham , no man just bani , vichar ...i.e an interactive Guru Granth Sahib which could give Guru ji's faisla in all circumstances , give support to a family living far away from other sangat. akal Purakh is emotionless but does that make him less than able to be full of chardi kala

[Not2Cool2Argue]

I thought AI was essentially complex algorithms to mimic 'expert' decision making processes.

I don't know how people have made the leap of it leading to some sentience?

Artificial intelligence is currently at the complex algorithms stage. But it is hoped/feared that AI will advance so far it can basically think on its own. So basically make our brains, which consist of neurons/wires passing on electrical signals, artificially using wires, electricity, and computers. I think we are very far from this. So far we have barely learnt how to make our hardware artificially i.e. cloning. And that is only by using premade essentiaL material: egg cells, DNA, and a womb. So to make our software artificially, is still far away.

[dallysingh101]

So basically make our brains, which consist of neurons/wires passing on electrical signals, artificially using wires, electricity, and computers.

Our brains use a mixture of electrical impulses (within neurons) and chemical signal called neurotransmitters (between neurons). I can't see how a computer will mimic that.