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If the self is an illusion and the mind is empty, then where does intelligence come from?

The essay's central question after deconstructing the commonsense view of intelligence.

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AI as a Buddhist Self-Overcoming Technique in Another Medium

(2025) · Primož Krašovec

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Krašovec 2025: AI as a Buddhist Self-Overcoming Technique in Another Medium
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The source essay published in Religions 2025, arguing that AI may fulfill Buddhism's aim of self-overcoming by migrating intelligence to a non-organic substrate.

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