Buddhism teaches that the self is a fabrication rather than an essential existence, a concept known as anattā or no-self. This article explores how mindfulness meditation, particularly vipassanā developed through sati (mindfulness), may help one approach enlightenment by becoming less egoistic and understanding no-self. The paper examines questions about the relationship between no-self and the five aggregates, the distinction between ego and no-self, and why there is an illusion of self. Happiness, according to Buddhism, is attained by acknowledging reality without mental constructions, achieved through mental conditioning that eliminates aversion, desire, and ignorance. The author suggests that devotion to mindfulness meditation can begin the quest toward happiness.
AI cannot achieve self-awareness because it lacks subjective experience and consciousness, according to an analysis of Brentano's inner perception and Kriegel's self-representationalism. Brentano argued that being conscious of an object simultaneously involves being conscious of that mental state, creating a subjective unity. Kriegel's same-order self-representationalism strengthens this notion of self-awareness, emphasizing a unity of consciousness with 'for-me-ness.' The predictive output of AI systems cannot be compared to such awareness of awareness, as it is devoid of subjective experience and consciousness entirely. Therefore, no algorithm can produce self-awareness.