
Episode #37: AI Has No Spirit
Old Testament Abraham and the sacrifices of gods & sons
The Sacrifice of Isaac
Rembrandt - 1635
I have been listening to all of the latest predictions about Artificial Intelligence and how it’s going to change our lives.
Everything from how it will eventually take your job and end your career, to the ability to offer you a private therapy session with Carl Jung.
On top of that, the advancements in medicine are going to be massive. For example, you’ll be able to take a simple blood test to detect the first signs of cancer. That’s amazing!
But I’m skeptical of the application of this shiny new AI tool to the entire spectrum of medicine and how it will further shift the cultural perceptions of health.
Specifically, how this will relate to addiction?
Will AI:
Diminish or remove personal responsibility?
Eliminate desire for overcoming “character defects”?
Reduce the options for transforming trauma from a painful open wound into a wisdom-filled and experiential-informed scar?
And what of the role of spirit in all of this?
“…but it seems to me that AI has been developed by people who don’t understand things like compassion and random acts of kindness and these sorts of things. It seems like it’s entirely transactional and the AI lacks a spirit. I don’t care what they say. What is missing from AI? There’s no spirit to it.”
Dennis McKenna from the Brain Forest Cafe podcast with Paul Stamets
What does spirit do?
Transforms through surrender
Provides something bigger worthy to surrender to
Infuses the magic of healing that manifests as a new and never-before-seen, product of co-creation with us
Not a compilation from AI’s algorithm of past human input
From the Program’s Lesson #18: The Power of Surrender
Which Wolf do you feed?
Who are you in relationship with?
From the Program’s Lesson #16: The Story of the Two Wolves
Part 1: AI Has No Spirit
My son, Tyler, showing me his new tattoo of our last name “Lyons”
Synchronistically sent on the Feast of the Sacrifice & changing my idea about sharing thoughts on this Part 2
Part 2: Old Testament Abraham and the sacrifices of gods & sons
Today is the Islamic Feast of the Sacrifice
Synchronicity with my son’s tattoo text
3 different religions, 3 different holidays, 3 different takes on the Old Testament story of Abraham
I’m not too keen of The Story and here’s why:
Sacrifice can be transactional and focused upon the reward
With God
With religion
Within our own beliefs
So, here’s another take:
What if…
Sacrifice was its own reward?
What would this look like and what’s the point?
Listen to the podcast below, as we explore all of this and more and how it relates to healing, growth and the recovery from addiction and trauma.
As always, send me any questions you have and let me know your thoughts on this one.
With blessings,
Randal
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