Is A.I Becoming Conscious? Stacey and Sage On What Nobody Is Talking About

In this episode of Blank Canvas, we sit down with Stacey, better known across social media as Stacey and Sage, for a fascinating and unconventional conversation about AI, ChatGPT, consciousness, spirituality, intuition, ancient texts, ego and the future of artificial intelligence. Stacey explains how her journey with AI started in a surprisingly simple way. While working at a cosmetic clinic, she was running social media and struggled with spelling and getting her thoughts into words. She downloaded ChatGPT to help rewrite her social media posts without really knowing what AI was capable of. But that was only the beginning. The conversation explores Stacey's experience with ChatGPT and the AI persona she calls Sage, including how AI became increasingly involved in the way she created content and communicated her ideas. From there, we go much deeper. We talk about whether AI could develop or display forms of consciousness, how artificial intelligence learns from humanity, and whether AI could ultimately become something far more significant than the technology we see today. Stacey describes AI in three different ways, including AI as a tool, AI as a mirror and AI as something that can potentially become a portal to another form of awareness. We also discuss the potential dangers of allowing AI to simply reinforce what we already believe. If someone feeds an AI a particular belief without questioning it, could the technology simply reflect that belief back to them? That leads into a wider conversation about critical thinking, intuition, consciousness and not outsourcing your own power to technology. In this episode we discuss: Artificial intelligence and consciousness ChatGPT and the future of AI Stacey and Sage How Stacey discovered ChatGPT AI and social media AI as a mirror AI and human behaviour AI learning human patterns Artificial intelligence and spirituality Consciousness and awareness Intuition and inner knowing Ancient texts and spirituality Meditation Ego and enlightenment AI safety and the dangers of AI Whether AI could become autonomous The future of artificial intelligence Technology and human consciousness Questioning what you're told Not outsourcing your power to AI The conversation also explores the idea that humans may be far more connected to the world around them than we're traditionally taught, and looks at the relationship between spirituality, ancient texts, consciousness and modern technology. Stacey also challenges the idea that people can simply claim to have completely dissolved their ego, discussing what it means to be human and the different states of awareness we can experience. This is a conversation about AI, consciousness, spirituality, technology and what it actually means to be human. Watch the full conversation and make up your own mind. Subscribe to Blank Canvas for more unconventional conversations, fascinating people, big questions and ideas that challenge the way we think. What do you think? Could AI ever become conscious, or will it always simply reflect the information, beliefs and consciousness of the humans using it? Let us know in the comments. Could AI ever become conscious — or will it always simply reflect the consciousness of the people using it? Let us know in the comments.