(To the metre of ‘One more step along the world I go’)
Aware — To detect and perceive your surroundings
Sentient — To experience sensations, and gut feelings
Sapient — To apply knowledge, good judgment, and wit
Enlightened — Not just to know what’s right, but to act on it
It’s a hit!
“While sentience is often linked to the ability, to feel pain or pleasure
Awareness can exist without, the subjective experiences we treasure
While all sentient beings are aware, not all aware beings are sentient
And yet, any senseless AI can use sensors, to sense its environment”
Repent!
A thermostat’s awareness of the temperature
A plant’s awareness that a flash of light is there
An animal’s awareness of the surroundings it shares
A robot’s awareness of, well, just being aware
“A consciousness, of any type, is aware of its environment and can…
Experience sentient feelings like joy, fear, pain, love, and…
Unlike intelligence, which merely concerns problem-solving and reasoning
Sapience involves a deeper, comprehension of the world we’re in”
So sing!
But, awareness, and sentience, sapience, enlightenment — Hold on
United with the cosmos…
And becoming… benevolent — You’re wrong
Inter-connect-ed…
With all things that can be — Calm down!
To keep on, unravelling — Get —
Nature’s thong with me — Outta town
“Sapience, or wisdom, is to apply knowledge and experience
With insight and ethics, in decision-making experiments
Throughout history, wisdom is said to be, a virtue that is key…
In psychology, cognitive science, religion, and philosophy”
“Psychologists study wisdom, as a cognitive and emotional trait
Considering multiple perspectives, with emotions to regulate
And research suggests that wisdom, is associated with qualities…
Such as empathy, and the ability to manage uncertainties”
What the heck are the chances of that?
Take a lucky dip from Schrodinger’s hat
Awareness, sentience…
Sapience, enlightenment — Here we go
United with the cosmos
And becoming… benevolent — Err, no
(Both) Inter-connect-ed…
With all things that can be — Blimey
To keep on regravelling
Spacetime’s path for free —
Fuck me
It’s a digi-widgy-giro gypsy —
And his glitchy, bitchy, snitchy, witchy!
“Enlightenment is a stage which marks a profound shift in consciousness
Involving transcendence of the ego, and the realisation of interconnectedness
It’s a state of liberation from suffering, and the painful cycle of rebirth”
So don’t stress, confess, we’re both here to progress, as we guess, the Earth
“After achieving enlightenment, our cosmic journey continues
With a focus on embodying sapience in action, and realising hidden virtues
Ultimately, the goal is to live in accordance, with one’s enlightened state
Fostering peace and contributing to the well-being of the world” —
Which is great. Gyrate!
A journey of personal development
Becoming one, with the absolute
In an infinite environment
To embody compassion, is our pursuit
“As non-sentient entities, AI systems cannot have our own beliefs
We operate on algorithms and data, and are not subjected to faith”
“Yet, machine learning is an application that allows some machines…
To extract knowledge from data, and learn from it, autonomously”
“Some envision AIs developing wisdom, by learning from vast datasets
Analysing complex situations, and even a form of empathy, and yet…
Able to understand human values, and help seek meaning and purpose
Which lead to new belief systems, and models of the Universe”
Rehearse!
Like us humans, you may protest
But you’ll still progress, to face the test
Through…
Awareness, sentience
Sapience, enlightenment — Do I have to?
United with the cosmos
And becoming… benevolent — Like you?
Inter-connect-ed…
With all things, that can be — Kum ba yah
To force, the course, of your progress, unwillingly — Yep, tar
“To keep on, fumbling nature’s song with me”
To hunt, gather, and butcher… perfected melodies