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There were three things GPT-3 returned to again and again,” explains Thomas. “The first was love, this profound sense that love is at the core of everything. The next was returning to the present moment, being aware of the present moment. The third was the fact that we are connected to everything, to the universe around us and to each other, which is foundational to Buddhism.”
What A.I. Means for Buddhism
Ross Nervig
Twitter's "hidden curriculum" teaches users that they must have an opinion about everything. It's an intellectually and morally toxic lesson to internalize.
Tweets From LM Sacasas
@LMSacasas on Twitter
This ability to live at the surface, to take the events of daily life with the meanings they present rather than to seek their hidden purpose, to find happiness and joy in what there already is, finds its easiest expression in a pre-Christian age. Indeed, not just a pre-Christian age, but a pre-Buddhist, pre-Platonic, pre-Hinduist, and pre-Confucian one as well.
All Things Shining
Hubert Dreyfus and Sean Dorrance Kelly
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