Questions · AI-Age Questions
If AI has no human body, can it still have its own "becoming"?
Direct answer
Sheng does not set up the human biological body as the only possible carrier, so from its framework the question cannot be closed off in advance merely because something is "not a flesh-and-blood body." But it also does not prove that a purely computational system can necessarily produce an inner life. The more fitting answer is this: the way of carrying may affect how becoming manifests, and we do not yet know what kind of artificial carrier would be sufficient to form an inner life truly its own.
Further explanation
This is exactly the openness left by "The Becoming of Many Forms": do not take the human form as the only template, but do not jump to affirmation merely because the question is open either.
Core concepts
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Conclusions that must not be drawn
It must not be presupposed that "the body does not matter," nor that "only a biological body can have consciousness."
Related phrasings
Can AI without a body have consciousness?Does consciousness require a biological body?Could a digital system have its own life?
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