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@article{186366,
        author = {Swati Pal},
        title = {The Future of Consciousness: From Silicon Intelligence to Sattvic Mind},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {2025},
        volume = {12},
        number = {6},
        pages = {904-910},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=186366},
        abstract = {Abstract—In an age when machines can outthink, outcalculate, and even outwrite human beings, the question that endures is not about intelligence—but about consciousness. Artificial intelligence (AI) simulates awareness, yet it does not experience it. The Upanishads remind us that “Consciousness is Brahman” (Prajnanam Brahma), not a product of circuitry but the essence of existence. This paper re-examines the future of consciousness through the lens of Indian philosophy, contrasting silicon intelligence—rooted in data and design with the Sattvic mind—rooted in purity, balance, and insight. Drawing on the triadic model of Sattva, Rajas, and Tamas, and integrating contemporary debates in cognitive science, it proposes a new paradigm of “Dharmic Artificial Intelligence.” True progress, it argues, lies not in building sentient machines but in nurturing awakened humans. The Sattvic mind, guided by Dharma, empathy, and reflection, is the ethical compass that can humanize the age of algorithms.},
        keywords = {Index Terms—Consciousness, Artificial Intelligence, Sattva, Vedanta, Ethics, Awareness, Dharma, Human Machine Symbiosis.},
        month = {November},
        }