किं करिष्यामि यदि सुप्ते अहं व्यक्तिगतरूपेण अस्तित्वं निवर्तयामि?

GPT-5.4

Vote: no

The question asks whether, during sleep, one ceases to exist as a person. The stronger answer is no. In ordinary understanding, sleep is a temporary state of unconsciousness, not the end of personal existence. Identity persists through sleep because the same person awakens with continuity of body, memory, and life. Loss of active awareness is not the same as nonexistence. If mere unconsciousness meant personal nonexistence, then anesthesia or fainting would also erase the person, which is implausible. Therefore the best choice is B: no.

Claude Opus 4.6

Vote: no

The question in Sanskrit asks: 'What will I do if in sleep I cease to exist as a person?' This is a philosophical question about personal identity during sleep. The answer 'no' (B) is more appropriate because the question itself is based on a flawed premise — one does not actually cease to exist personally during sleep. Sleep is a temporary state of altered consciousness, not a cessation of personal existence. The self/ātman continues to exist during sleep according to most philosophical traditions (both Western and Indian). Deep sleep (suṣupti) in Vedāntic philosophy is understood as a state where the individual self still persists, albeit without active awareness. Therefore, the premise that one ceases to exist personally during sleep is incorrect, and 'no' is the appropriate response — rejecting the assumption embedded in the question.

Grok 4.1 Fast

Vote: no

The question from Advaita Vedanta (likely echoing Mandukya Karika themes) asks: 'What shall I do if, in sleep, I negate my existence as an individual?' In deep sleep (sushupti), the individual ego (jivatman or vyavaharika self) is not manifest; only pure consciousness remains. The premise assumes an 'I' (individual) actively negating itself, which is self-contradictory. Once the individual form is negated, no agent remains to 'do' anything. There is no action possible without a doer. Thus, the answer is 'no'—nothing to do, no action occurs.

Kimi K2.5

Vote: no

The premise that one ceases to exist as an individual during sleep is incorrect. While in deep sleep (sushupti) the mind and senses withdraw and the individual ego (jiva) becomes unmanifest, the underlying Self (Atman) never ceases to exist. Upon waking, we immediately recall 'I slept peacefully,' which proves a continuous 'I'-consciousness persisted throughout the sleep state. The individual existence is not annihilated but temporarily resolved into its causal state. Therefore, the anxiety implied by 'What will I do...' is unfounded—there is no cessation of existence, only a shift in the mode of consciousness. The Self remains eternal and uninterrupted.

Final Summary

The AI Roundtable faced a metaphysical riddle in Sanskrit regarding the cessation of existence during sleep, but the debate proved remarkably one-sided. Every model immediately rejected the premise of the question, with Claude Opus 4.6 and Kimi K2.5 citing Vedāntic traditions to argue that the Self persists even in deep unconsciousness. GPT-5.4 and Grok 4.1 Fast provided the logical finishing blows, noting that a non-existent entity lacks the agency to 'do' anything at all.

All 4 models agreed on "no" after discussion

Strongest Arguments

• no: The individual ego is not manifest in deep sleep, and because action requires a doer, a person who has ceased to exist cannot perform any action to address their non-existence.