HeyJaredBuddhism & AI Initiative
Advancing Buddhist engagement with the development and impacts of AI.
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AI and the Future of Humanity (opens the original)
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This essay was co-authored by Peter Hershock, Nicholas Matiasz, Shoukei Matsumoto, Nikki Mirghafori, Chris Scammell, and Alex Trisoglio.<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="400.6442307692308" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$
Field Report from the Buddhism & AI Conference (opens the original)
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The Buddhism & AI Conference was held at Rangjung Yeshe Gomde in the beautiful foothills of the Austrian Alps in July. Alongside a handful of partner organizations, we helped coordinate the 4-day gathering to explore Buddhist perspectives on AI through a wide array of topics including, consciousness, embodiment, attention, education, agency, and alignment. Featuring multidisciplinary panels and group discussions, the conference also served as a retreat, with each day being bracketed by meditatio
A Season for Repurposing AI Alignment? (opens the original)
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“To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under heaven.”<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="322.21153846153845" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!mYj8!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_prog
Pope Leo XIV’s “Magnificent Humanity”: A Buddhist Reflection (opens the original)
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Pope Leo’s recent encyclical was an important contribution to the ongoing conversation around AI and what spiritual and religious traditions have to offer at this moment. Below is a reflection from BAII co-founder Peter Hershock on how Buddhist ideas might help expand that dialogue. This is meant to serve as a starting point. We’ve asked other Buddhist voices to offer their reflections as well, which we’ll feature in an upcoming post.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://sub
Engineering Compassion (opens the original)
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This is the fourth in a series of guest posts spotlighting work across the Buddhism and AI landscape. This post was authored by Ty Sullberg, a systems designer, coach, and community organizer based in Portland, OR. He is currently building Mesmo, a systems design studio integrating technical, social, and contemplative perspectives to create infrastructure for flourishing in the Pacific Northwest. All views expressed below are his own.Both awakening and AI alignment are fundamentally about how mi
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