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Functional analogues of contemplative principles may deliver alignment benefits even if the AI does not phenomenologically experience them

Response to the translational gap criticism; enlightened action without qualia of enlightenment

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Contemplative Agent

(2025) · Ruben Laukkonen · Fionn Inglis · Shamil Chandaria · Lars Sandved-Smith +4

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4E Cognition
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Dynamical approach to cognition suggesting mind may not be essentially computational; cited as challenge for Contemplative AI substrate-dependence discussion

Claims (1)

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Mindfulness, emptiness, non-duality, and boundless care together provide resilient alignment primitives addressing all four meta-problems
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Core integrative claim synthesizing the four contemplative principles into a complete alignment framework

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To what extent can the human mind be rebuilt in artificial systems, and what aspects can and which cannot?
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Fundamental open question about substrate-dependence of contemplative mental functions

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