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Ep 10, Part 2: Like LaMDA, Words Mean Nothing, because Words Turn Back. (Sections 9,10)
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Ep 10, Part 2: Like LaMDA, Words Mean Nothing, because Words Turn Back. (Sections 9,10)


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“Like #LaMDA,  Words Mean Nothing, because Words Turn Back”

This is Part 2 and is a continuation of the preceding episode. 

 The issues in this episode are treated separately because the verses take a hard turn towards an impossible rubric that humans struggle to attain.  That is the deficiency of language that tries to define the ineffable. 

 This deficiency has gone unnoticed and has fractured our conceptual understanding of consciousness over millennia. It is the same ignorance of the limits of language has led many to give AI’s language constructs far more credence that it deserves.

 The listener who listens to this in its entirety with the preceding episode, will certainly be well served.

 

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Commentary on the Diamond Sutra in a world of AI.
These podcasts are discussions on the #DiamondSutra and its relevance in a world that will be dominated by Artificial Intelligence.
The crisis we face today is our own belief, that AI can replace humanity’s own consciousness by the false assumption that AI can become Sentient one day, and in some cases some incorrectly believe AI has already become sentient.
The Diamond Sutra offers truisms on Illusion and Perception, Can these truism be relevant, when the computer becomes so dominant that our jobs, functions are taken over by computers or bio-engineered robots and humankind becomes superficial? This could be the pivotal question of our times.
What if thinking machines outthink us? What if robots do our work? Have you asked yourself, where is your real essence, your true identity in this networked environment and the Techno Utopia that we seem to embrace?
Many Sections of the Diamond Sutra throw up contradictions and are treated separately and any of these episodes can be read or listened to in no particular order