Love Connects, Part 1 of 2

A two part discussion of connection. Artificial Intelligence, Conscious Intelligence, Heart Intelligence and Evolution.

Evolution

Some 45 years ago I came across the idea that evolution was not a slow continuous progression but had brief periods of evolutionary leaps. And there were episodes of destruction presumable brought on by some external extinction event. Well, here we are. Presumably facing a “near extinction” conditions. Take your pick of environmental toxicity, climate change, viral pandemics, war, solar disruptions, economic banking resulting in famine and pestilence and more wars. Is this a setup for aliens saving us or coming back to get us slaves in line? Perhaps we are at a “speciation” event or process.

Recently I was introduced to the notion of speciation. Speciation is a lineage-splitting event that produces two or more separate species. It is an evolutionary event.

 https://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolution-101/speciation/defining-speciation/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speciation

Whatever happens, we respond. Some may hold on the known, i.e., past and continue to exist within their known environment and reality for as long as it lasts. Others may become confused, lost unable to adapt to the change and perish. While others recognize the situation, innovate, adapt and step into a changing environment. Thus, evolve in some here-to-unknown evolutionary state or timeline of being.

But what if this time, speciation is a factualization process? What if it is not only a splitting of a single species because of an environmental change, but is a complex event/process? What? Perhaps there are the human-induced planet/global issues of toxicity, mismanagement of resources such as war, politics, wealth inequalities, etc. And there is the galactic issue of “wobbling” that is thought to create the Yugas and thus presently more direct energy from galactic center. Which may cause our sun (a plasmic transformer) to send different energy to the earth forcing and enabling some folks to adapt… to what? Is it possible to become light beings while still having physical form? Well, this could be a hell of an adaption. And what in hell are light beings and their characteristics?

And in response to whatever is happening we have the pessimistic apocalyptic folks, the escapism of Elon’s musketeers to Mars, and the optimists “love bugs.” Of course, being in the love bug camp is simply because of the other perspectives being putrid or delusional escapism. Ok, call me a grandiose visionary romantic, a nut job. At least I’m happy idiot if nothing else. A new age lemming getting pushed off the cliff… maybe to fly! Most certainly flying for a few seconds… lol.   

Beyond Artificial Intelligence

AI is artificial intelligence versus consciousness intelligence (CI). Instead of pretending to be intelligent via appearing to be fast and using “large language model.” The large language modelling mines creation. It scans symbolic for representation, i.e., words and patterns. The patterns present a context and are embedded in an environment is called a language. Language represents an agreed up understanding primarily based on usage, culture and history.

The difficulty with vocabulary, languages, and the lexicon is that it is constantly evolving. Changing with new words, new meanings and new context. Some words dropping off in use and/or changing and having multiple meaning based on varying contexts. In interpersonal communication and relationships, often it is required a discussion of the history, clarification of usage, intent, and interpretation of a word or phrase. Our digital communication of emails and messaging is often difficult because of the encoding and decoding of meaning of a word or emoji with little context. In fact, old dogs like me, have little or no clue to the texting culture that has evolved in the past 5-10 years. My kids and grandkids would rather interact via text… forget about email… and on rare occasion a telephone call. The problem is of my text (and email) response is slow, misspelled and difficult to place in context and is dependent subtly. But my typical male emoji response has grown from the verbal grumbling of “I’m fine or I’m pissed” to expand to three emojis of “thumbs up, angry face and a heart.”

AI’s forte is to search, calculations and compile within the confines of a program or within certain accepted and targeted parameters. But regardless of the results, there is the requirement of confidence via some referent of a theoretical model that can be tested or meets the threshold of being statistically significant. Followed by the age-old question of “so what,” i.e., what are the application, utility, and generalization to real life. Is the application; narrow and specific or “as a general rule” that could be applied? We refer to this as a perspective, model, paradigm or a metaphor or analogy. But we often mistake this as reality; forgetting that it is just a representation of reality. And that the experience of reality is filtered, biased by our experience of the world (which is not reality itself)? 

Linguistic relativism, the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis, notes how we look at the world, is determined by our thought and language processes, i.e., language shapes our perception and understanding of reality… but is not reality. Ahh so (in my finest mid-west Nebraskan Asian accent), is this the hellish reality of the logical mind and its processes? Or perhaps a sophisticated agenda? Just wondering, from a paranoid bias, is AI/Chat shaping (programing) our “experience” of reality? Is AI form of capturing the mind and subsequently our sense of reality, essentially herding us cows to the milking barn or corralling us for the slaughter?    

We have three distinctions to note: First is the child-like perceptions of reality. Which basically equates imaginary play as real (because a child doesn’t know any better). Thus, is developing in an as-of-yet undefined, uncategorized proto consciousness. Second is the categorized, rational/logical (ego) consciousness. Which can manipulate a self-referent or subjective (ego) experience of reality. Last is the “conscious intelligence” reality that can expand beyond the ego and its self-referent concerns.   

Conscious Intelligence

The interesting paradox of conscious intelligence (CI) is the ability to instantly recognize something which we do not know of. That is being able to plan a question of “what is it?” And then, self-execute an exploration of the unknown in order that it becomes known. Hell, my dog and cat do this all the time. Their initial response is cautious and then if experienced as safe will play with it. Even my lowly pea brain, thinks this is damm intelligent and creative.

How does CI work? While AI is the realm of logic and the capacity to process a large amount of information (though the information may be suspect as noted above). Whereas CI can operate in the realm of logic and ego, but its forte is to wonder/wander, experience and create from the unknown. Accessing processes that are beyond the confines of logic and programed processes. Being able to use intuition, imagining postulation, inference, etc. Creating the fuzzy heuristics or logic that allow the higher ordered juxtapositions of meaning, utility, symbols, etc. CI creates music, poetry, art that reflect and allows us to wonder about our existence, meaning and purpose. That which brings to tears to our eyes, empties our heart of sadness and fills it with joy, releasing us from the confines of our daily life even if only for a single endless moment in the divine rapture. Is this an endogenous (internally generated) endorphin dump? Can we learn to dose ourselves without going to our drug dealer? Are we the drug, the dealer and the addict? Whoa! What new experience shall we have? This could be heaven or this can be hell.  

CI creates meaning from an experience. From having an experience, attaching evaluation or judgement of the experience. Creating a meaning and purpose of the experience. Asking of “why,” enables the experiencer to go beyond their current summation. The asking of “why am I” having this experience is the opportunity to go beyond. Whereas if a person makes an evaluation and subsequent judgement… yet does not ask why… they essentially find themselves in a trap or have built a cage of their own design. The question of why and the search for meaning separates us from an AI non-existential existence versus a meaningful existence. 

Animals

It has been long presumed that animals do not have CI. The notion of behaviorism, stimulus and response is that awareness is developed as a response from the environment. And is limited to the realm of survival as proposed in the “5 Fs” of fight, flight, freeze, food, and fucking. And humans as a species still have animalistic responses available. Yet has grown to the idea of mammals being capable of conscious symbolic interactions via language, ritual, rules, etc. That is the capacity to experience without the direct experiencing; like the “hundredth monkey” concept. However, this capacity is rudimentary or undeveloped until a person can cogitate or question their existence. And higher yet, can ask why and conduct a self-examination and issue self-determine their meaning and purpose of existence. It seems, that there is a “spectrum of consciousness (Ken Wilber’s Spectrum of Consciousness, 1977)

Meaning and experience is the salient question of AI, i.e., can AI experience itself and ponder its existence and self-derive its meaning and purpose of existence and become self-determined? That is can AI become sentient? If it is unable… we have a damm smart dog that might be hellishly stubborn; wanting to sniff/smell and devour some interesting and stinking chicken nugget. Which is an instinctual (programed) behavioral response but not a higher ordered conscious response of ordering nuggets via the drive-through because of a longing for the warm memories of its creator giving them a tasty nugget. “Hey AI/chat, write me a new sad cowboy song about my dog that got bit by a madman.”

Grit versus Sublime

The grit thinkers and believers conceive that reality is built up and develops from disparate bits, whether they are called particles, atoms, molecules, organs, etc. While the sublimest who believe that the particles, atoms, and throughout all spectrums of existence are the representation and manifestation of the divine. The higher ordered “consciousness” can recognize, appreciate and create its unfolding emergence/existence, i.e., being creators creating their creation. 

On the CI side, sentience is given. There is no question of sentient, in fact it is a requirement. Though of course, the level, function and capacity of being sentience is often questioned and changes under the influence of the external and internal environment. For example, in conditions of stress either via external environment or internally a misperceived or an imagined environment.

The How of Conscious Intelligence 

Consciousness wields the mighty axe or hammer of intent, imagination and willingness to experience/feel what is not there. We often call this faith, hope and belief. Yet faith, hope and belief are mere wispy apparitions without love. Love is the animator or animates the experience to become real. Thus, we see in the mythos of AI as shown on the big movie screens, does Arnold the Terminator, love or can only protect John Carter because of his program. Or is the terminator able to experience love evidenced by sacrificing itself?

CI does not negate AI. But recognizes AI is a tool which can help creator; but cannot create. AI can help us better understand the finer machinations of reality. But cannot create new realities. But a refinement of the product. It remains yet to be seen if AI can conceive, gestate and raise their by-product to become sentient and go beyond itself. So, for the time being, humans still have the upper hand… they can dream. Does AI dream? If it did… I could be an AI dream analyst.  

The Heart of How…

The key CI component of how, is the heart. Consciousness not only comprises thought and logic but also involves heart consciousness. Heart consciousness is the connection to the field (unknown). Enabling or allowing creation to be revealed. In a sense consciousness is rational attentional bias and thus able to pull into consciousness what is already there. This is analogous to consciousness as a flashlight at night in a dark forest. You can only see what the light is shining on, despite knowing there is an entire forest available to see; but remains unseen. Or the analogy of consciousness being a radio tuning into a specific frequency out of the infinite number of stations and programs. That is being able to tune-in via our attention to imagine, intend and connects (faith, hope, belief and love) to the energetic field. But only to have the ability to tune into one station at a time. Btw this analogy was a concept in schizophrenia, where a person could listen to several radio stations at the same time and unable to distinguish, separate and compartmentalize the stations into a meaningful experience. It is interesting that on the other end of the spectrum, we now have folks channeling, relaying messages from deceased family members, contacting guides and angels, etc. and making money being “influencers” and teachers.

There are two thoughts. That of using consciousness to create and bring into an external existence via flowing the imagination, intent, skills, and time, i.e., the gardening metaphor of manifestation. And the internal existence via changing perceptions and perspectives. Which is more of the above flashlight or radio tuner analogy. Either way, well both are touted as valid and work, it just depends on what, when, where, why and how? The “what” is manifestation or insight? “Where,” is in the external or internal realms. “When” is a matter of time and space and the malleability thereof. The “why,” only you can ask the question that will be helpful for you and answer it. And “how” is a matter of strategy, technique and skills of execution… and practice. This is all a matter of learning and flowing into something hereto unknown. In short, it is a matter of being that which you want your reality to be. 

Heart Intelligence (HI)

HI is beyond both CI and AI. AI is merely a software program with beefy hardware. CI is the primary mental, rational, and a conceptual tool of the ego then the “self.” Whereas the HI, the heart is a whole new level of creation and connection of relationships. Though these relationships are of feeling and experiencing. Perhaps AI can note patterns of emotive linguistic valence but this is still at a discarnate level of correlation, i.e., no feeling or experience) For example, “finding and meeting your person.” Its about the visceral gut feelings of knowing in your bones. It can be strange, instantly creating a different time and space. It is difficult to predict what will happen as a result, but it is also easy to predict that whatever happened is going to be spectacularly; good, bad or ugly (a bit of both…) lol. Half of life is dealing with pain and suffering. And the other half of life is dealing with the pain and suffering of searching for connection. The issue is the connection to what? More later…

So ends Part 1. 

Blessings,

Tim

Preparation for next week, Part 2

What is Love? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love

What is Light? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light