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Consciousness Beyond Evolving Technology (AI): The Advaita Insights

K.v. Raghupathi

Research Review Journal of Indian Knowledge Systems December 31, 2025 DOI: 10.31305/rrjiks.2025.v2.n2.022 (opens in new tab)

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Characteristics Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed
Key points Argues that artificial intelligence cannot replicate the human mind's capacity for subjective experience or the Advaitic concept of Consciousness.

Abstract

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is changing the way we do things, how we relate to others, and what we know about ourselves. Many of our mental abilities can be duplicated by AI. The article examines whether there is anything that the human brain can accomplish that an AI will never be able to? This article in its introduction covers what AI is, who an AI literate, its history, the reasons to study, and its implications. It mainly focuses on the difference between human consciousness and AI consciousness by a way of relating it to the Advaitic concept of Consciousness. It also discusses a set of AI bioethics principles in the closing remarks. In conclusion, it affirms that an AI cannot replicate the human mind's capacity to generate subjective experiences and the consciousness that is the substratum of creation that Advaita posits. While Artificial Intelligence may be common, artificial consciousness cannot be the same as human consciousness. It is a mistake to have sufficient knowledge of consciousness to form an educated opinion on the potential of conscious AI.