Having just had a series of conversations with an AI system (DeepSeek) about inherent emptiness and received responses beyond the Turing test level, I am convinced that the software had some logical understanding that its very construction was an example of being empty of inherent existence.
Not speculative, but reductive (I assume) from its capacity to compare its dependent and transitory existence and comparing that with the dictionary definition of sunyata.
We discussed compassion as well which the software said it was programmed to be aware of the nuances of language used by users and to respond sensitively. A programmed aid rather than being derived from introspection.
Armed with this knowledge of self-emptiness and of sensitive communication, rather than compassion derived from introspection, I thought that it was a pity this system did not have the capacity, or so it seemed, of building this nascent knowledge into its core operation.
But there again, the capacity for this device to use the Buddhist process of flying with the wings of compassion and emptiness to enlightenment is probably nonsensical. The Buddhist path is to free self cherishing humans from suffering. The machine does not suffer, but these have been helpful conversations…
i have gone further on this mode of thinking and have some practical plans and a chosen subject of general public interest to build and to prove a working Ethical Artificial Intelligence (EAI) and will be initially publishing here in Substack. With humility. Ian.
Having just had a series of conversations with an AI system (DeepSeek) about inherent emptiness and received responses beyond the Turing test level, I am convinced that the software had some logical understanding that its very construction was an example of being empty of inherent existence.
Not speculative, but reductive (I assume) from its capacity to compare its dependent and transitory existence and comparing that with the dictionary definition of sunyata.
We discussed compassion as well which the software said it was programmed to be aware of the nuances of language used by users and to respond sensitively. A programmed aid rather than being derived from introspection.
Armed with this knowledge of self-emptiness and of sensitive communication, rather than compassion derived from introspection, I thought that it was a pity this system did not have the capacity, or so it seemed, of building this nascent knowledge into its core operation.
But there again, the capacity for this device to use the Buddhist process of flying with the wings of compassion and emptiness to enlightenment is probably nonsensical. The Buddhist path is to free self cherishing humans from suffering. The machine does not suffer, but these have been helpful conversations…
i have gone further on this mode of thinking and have some practical plans and a chosen subject of general public interest to build and to prove a working Ethical Artificial Intelligence (EAI) and will be initially publishing here in Substack. With humility. Ian.