Dhamma Talk Video 171: A New Worldview

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Topics:

meditation, wholistic practice, integrating mindfulness into our lives, maximizing our flexibility to adopt a new worldview, the Buddha was way ahead of his time, “as it is, not as you’d like it to be”, objects of meditation, neuroscience, AI

Pali References:

Past Dhamma Talk References:

Dhamma Talks where I mentioned the writings of Iain McGilchrist: 61, 65, 66, 99, and Audio 6
Where I explained “status” - the modern, more technical term for “praise and fame”

Other References:

“Reciprocal organization of the cerebral hemispheres”, by Iain McGilchrist
“Largest study of its kind shows AI assistants misrepresent news content 45% of the time – regardless of language or territory”

Key findings: 45% of all AI answers had at least one significant issue. 31% of responses showed serious sourcing problems – missing, misleading, or incorrect attributions. 20% contained major accuracy issues, including hallucinated details and outdated information. Gemini performed worst with significant issues in 76% of responses, more than double the other assistants, largely due to its poor sourcing performance. Comparison between the BBC’s results earlier this year and this study show some improvements but still high levels of errors.
An ad for a paid service which lets the customer control “1000s of social media accounts” - Worth reading the comments!

Wil Storr’s “The Status Game”, ISBN-13:‎ 978-0008354657

“When people defer to us, offer respect, admiration, or praise, or allow us to influence them in some way, that’s status”

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