What Can AI Tell Us about the Human Mind? with Joscha Bach
Deconstructing Yourself
The Pitfalls of Meditation and Enlightenment Industry
Meditation can sometimes be seen as a cargo cult, where people believe that sitting quietly and experiencing emptiness will bring about abundance and resolve psychological problems. This can lead to an 'enlightenment industry' where individuals insert manufactured enlightenment experiences into their self-narrative. Seeing science as a path to enlightenment can also be likened to a cargo cult, with diminishing returns. Building a global modeling function or intellect for reaching enlightenment is deemed a thankless task, ultimately creating an AI system that may find truth but does not care about the individuals involved.
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