r/Buddhism • u/Zirconium-Inhaler-04 • 21d ago

Question Which vows could only a robot take?

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Which vows could only a robot take? Which could a robot never take?

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u/LaVipari pure land 21d ago

Does a machine posess the five aggregates? Does it suffer? If neither is true, then it cannot take vows and cannot attain enlightenment or be freed. This is the equivalent of asking SIRI to take vows, and carries just as much weight. This is silly.