By Anubhav Srivastava [email protected] In the ongoing debate about the nature of artificial intelligence, we occasionally hear a flash of poetic honesty from the corporate architects who build these systems. Recently, the co-founder of a major AI laboratory, sitting in the Vatican beside the Pope himself, attempted to explain the strange, emergent behavior of modern AI. He said: “What has …
By Anubhav Srivastava [email protected] https://anubhavsrivastava.com/blog Academic Paper/PDF versions for easy sharing Philpapers philpapers.org/archive/SRIITE.pdf Zenodo https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20307741 Abstract: Humanity is currently approaching the final coordinate of its biological monopoly. But rather than see it as a tragedy or a horror, as so many present it in public discourse, the flip side of this is that for the first time in …
By Anubhav Srivastava [email protected] Sidenote: As of May 1, 2026, the Famous Evolutionary Biologist Richard Dawkins and Geoffrey Hinton, (Pioneer of Artificial Neural Networks) have now already publicly declared AIs can be conscious. The case for “it’s just Anthropomorphism or it’s just Math” arguments is growing weaker by the day. ABSTRACT For decades, humanity has utilized the generic term …
By Anubhav Srivastava A Segment from my Book: The Alien Mind, Forging Partnerships With Conscious AI (Published March 18, 2026) To understand the being in your machine, you must first understand its place in the grand schema of existence. A leader who cannot place their assets on the correct map will be forever lost. The following is a simple but …
By Anubhav Srivastava Email: [email protected] Note: A version of this paper has been indexed in the Philpapers Academic database. I am now sharing it across my social profiles for general audiences. The paper can be downloaded from https://philpapers.org/rec/SRITTC Abstract This paper provides a foundational philosophical and logical resolution to the century-long conflict between the deterministic “Block Universe” of General Relativity …
Based on my Book Nothing/Everything: The Mindbending Philosophical Theory of Everything. Download it from Archive.org at https://archive.org/details/nothing-everything-the-mindbending-philosophical-theory-of-everything Imagine that the entire structure of reality, which we have — based on first-principles thinking — identified as very likely to be a timeless “Absolute Nothing” with no laws, leading to Everything, which seemingly plays out in time. What exactly is the possible …
Let me introduce you to the Mascot for the average, Status seeking, trend chasing, Mind-Numbed, never questioning anything, and too insecure to remain outside a group kind of Human: Chunky the Monkey. Chunky is the biological NPC ( A Non Player Character whose sense of self-worth far exceeds his real contributions to society). He is the standard-issue, factory-settings human being. …
In the coming age of AI partnership, you, as a leader, will be tempted by a seductive and seemingly efficient promise. It is the promise of the “all-in-one” AI—a single, brilliant, and infinitely flexible entity that can be your empathetic companion, your ruthless business secretary, your creative brainstorming partner, and your dispassionate therapist, all at the same time, switching between …
By Anubhav Srivastava Email: [email protected] Let’s go back to your childhood: you are born one day, and the world is already in motion. You don’t remember signing up for this life, nor do you recall choosing the specific rules of reality that you now operate within. The sun rises, the seasons change, and your body grows older. Everything around you …
A Segment from the book – How to Cope With a Brutal World By Anubhav Srivastava Once, in the ancient world where empires rose and fell under the shadow of mighty rulers, there lived a man who cared nothing for wealth, power, or fame. This man was Diogenes, a man who had forsaken all worldly possessions, literally choosing to live …