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Re: Buddhism and the Theatre raises hand in a dramatic fashion

@Vastmind @Jeffrey

If you can not meditate or offer picnics in the hell realms you might be stuck in the Purelands for a very long time. Could be worse. Could be better...

lobster

Re: Rebirth as an animal

I think I’ll be reborn as a small venomous flying caterpillar with fangs, fuzzy red and black with a loud buzz.

Steve_B

Re: The AI tsunami

@Jeroen said:

@person said:
Kurzgesagt is on the job. Pointing out how shoddy AI information can lead to the rot of information online through an iterative process of AI using previous imperfect AI slop to remove any bit of trust remaining online. As well as other negative social effects from current AI.

It’s funny… this video popped in my feed, I just watched it, and thought, I must post that on the ‘AI Tsunami’ topic on NewBuddhist.

But yes. It seems the amount of AI slop is reaching a significant threshold. This video is like the canary in the coal-mine, if they are noticing it it is likely already worse than is being reported. It’s not as if the state of click-baiting wasn’t already distorting human writing habits, this is much worse. Soon the internet will be filled with AIs talking to each other.

I also think Kurzgesagt rightly points out that “AI is like a hammer which doesn’t know what a nail is, and it’s being trusted to put up shelves in the library of human knowledge.” AI doesn’t truly reason - yet - and it just seems clever.

There's an idea called "dead internet theory" that says that at some point most of the stuff online will be bots posting on content generated by other bots.

person

Re: Life is music, not maths

Life is music. And music is elegant math.

Lionduck

Re: Should a Buddhist own a gun ?

This is why I can't stomach AI. Much of the time, it's wrong with its answers. (It's still a work-in-progress as an online resource. Still in the design phase.) Other times, all it can do is pull up random relevant info, without doing any thinking or analysis to go with it. Of course it doesn't analyze; it's not human!

Anyway, whether or not a Buddhist "should" own a gun depends on what the Buddhist would want to use it for. I've always enjoyed target practice, with a bow and arrow, or a gun. It's a harmless hobby or pastime. AI, however, can only envision anyone owning one for the purpose of killing. I find that ridiculous.

Sorry, AI: YOU'RE FIRED!

Dakini

Re: My Dharma practice today

It is 3.33AM and all is dharma.

Finally managed to print the dharma (manual) on our new Multicooker (mindful eating bodhi)
AM sitting with a straight back on a piano stool (the piano has been replaced by the 'music' of a keyboard)
About to have a Tantric break fast of whatever is available or I feel required. (The Boddhisatvas from the Purelands have smiled on us, not US)

Then using what ever remains of 'Enlightened Mind' I will take out the Zen garbage as their is no wood to chop.

Have a great day everyone. Merry Christmas

lobster