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The Ontological Barrier of Artificial Intelligence

Ben G. Yacobi

Journal of Philosophy of Life Vol.15, No.3 (September 2025):78-81

Abstract

The AI Ontological Barrier is a limitation that prevents AI from comprehending being and mortality. This barrier centers on what it means to exist in a human sense: living, feeling, and confronting mortality. These subjective experiences are beyond of any programmable system. Thus, AI systems remain fundamentally distinct from humans.

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