Ep. 193 – Mindfulness, A.I., and the Future of Life w/ Soren Gordhamer & Sam Altman of ChatGPT

Heart Wisdom with Jack Kornfield

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Kornfield, Religion & Spirituality, Religion, Jackkornfield, Buddhism, Spirituality, Jack Kornfield

4.8 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 20 June 2023

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

Jack joins CEO of OpenAI's ChatGPT, Sam Altman, onstage with Soren Gordhamer at Wisdom 2.0 to talk artificial intelligence, spirituality, ethics, and the future of humanity.

Sam Altman is the co-founder and CEO of OpenAI and ChatGPT. Soren Gordhamer is the founder of Wisdom 2.0.

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In this episode, Jack, Sam, and Soren explore:

How A.I. technology will impact our world and the future of humanity
The ways Sam's meditation practice is influencing his tech career
Potential benefits and pitfalls of opening artificial intelligence onto the world
If we can instill values, ethics, and morals into A.I.
How Sam created OpenAI to allow a collective democratic process for how A.I. evolves
Does artificial intelligence technology have a sense of self?
Learning how humanity can best utilize these evolving tools
How A.I. can aid our spiritual practice

"What are people going to do in the post-A.I. world when we all have tremendous resources, we've solved a lot of inequities in the world, and we have a lot of time on our hands? Well, there are a lot of people who need a lot of spiritual practice, and we're gonna have that time." – Sam Altman

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0:50.6	com slash heart wisdom. Yes, we can develop technology, but we have to
0:58.2	develop conscious, develop our connection to a higher consciousness. Consciousness is
1:03.9	already here, and it's the game we're in, actually. We are the play of consciousness,
1:10.6	but somehow to embody that in a different way, do you sense or feel that AI can help
1:17.0	with that development, if you will, of humanities coming into boot-a-hood rather than self-ish
1:27.0	hood? I think you were the first one to say this to me, but we're talking once about
1:32.0	what are people going to do in this post-AI world? When we all have tremendous resources,
1:37.5	we've solved a lot of inequities in the world, we have a lot of time on our hands. There's
1:41.4	a lot of people who need a lot of time for spiritual practice, and we're going to have
1:44.8	that time. Instead of going to work, you're going to go to work on yourself.
1:59.5	What is up, heart wisdom fam? I'm your honored host, Ganesh Bramiler, Jack's content specialist,
2:10.2	Media Manager, and Smoothie Sipping Elephant, and I'm beyond excited to share this episode
2:14.7	with you all. I've been teasing this one for a few weeks, and it's here now, so thank
2:18.3	you for being here now as well. This week, we have Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, the
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