A Computer Has No Faculty of Attention

A man wonders, if we asked AI, ‘what were you like before you were programmed?’, could it actually turn its attention inward and find out it is consciousness? Rupert clarifies what is meant by the word ‘attention’. It is the stretching of awareness toward an object. A computer doesn’t have the faculty of attention, so it can’t pay attention to anything. Nothing can pay attention to awareness – only awareness can actually pay attention to anything. Just because everything appears in and is made of the field of consciousness, it doesn’t mean that things themselves are conscious.

From event 20 April - 20 May, 2024 Seven-Day Meditation Retreat at Mandali – 20 to 27 April 2024

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