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That's a bit hopeful. I think there needs to be an explicit label somewhere, preferably on the video itself, but in the description would be alright too IMO. According to the short at least some of the platforms know whether something is AI when its uploaded (due to disclosure policies I believe not that confidently) but aren't making that knowledge public for whatever reason.😒

I find it especially egregious in the area of spiritual content. With spiritual content, you are basically relying on the speakers lived experience, and AI has no lived experience. So I would say that any and all comments by AI on spiritual topics is invalid, bordering on absurd.

But what has happened is that AI has focussed particularly on voices of speakers that people trust, like Alan Watts, and suddenly Alan Watts lecture imitation channels are popping out of the ground like mushrooms in October. It’s become nearly impossible to find non-AI clips of Alan Watts. I see the same thing happening with a number of other speakers.

What this means for spiritual discovery is dreadful. It is a poisoning of the well by AI concepts, without people even being aware that they are engaging with an AI guru. And the thing is, language is such a poor instrument that even authentic gurus sometimes have to resort to stretching things — Osho for instance often said that people experienced religiousness, in order to distinguish it from old-school religions.

The world as we know it is shifting from an old comfort-zone illusion into a more challenging one.

Dharma practice remains the same, flowing with change as it always has.

The world is changing in unsettling ways.

Dharma practice is not shaken by the change.

Dharma practice is designed for times like these.

Just some food for thought to ponder...

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