Robotics, Telepresence and Artificial Intelligence
Dialogue with HH Dalai Lama in Amsterdam, Netherlands
VIDEO
During graduate studies, a particular science of psychology course I enjoyed was one I repeatedly took, again and again, over several semesters, because as long as the professor kept changing the topic, new credits were awarded for each. Many of my classmates were university professors themselves, including from the medical school, keeping their educations current, so we had some really incredible topics and conversations to play with, such as Chaos Theory. One semester the topic was Automaticity, Roboticism and Artificial Intelligence. I had some ideas of my own, superConsciousness wise, and those ideas came back rather quickly while attending to this truly intriguing, fun and fascinating dialogue between HH Dalai Lama and various panels with special interests in these talks on Robotics, Telepresence and AI/Artificial Intelligence, and how technologies can improve the lives of folks of all ages.
There is much discussion on the possibilities and potentials for advancing robots toward "learning" empathy and compassion, at least at a basic level, and whether or not robots (aka "smart computers") capable of anything material or mechanistic, could ever "evolve" into having a human-like (basic) consciousness.
Conversation included problems with over population, longevity, global warming, ethics, ethical leadership/"who decides" (technologies, politics, etc.) how far society should go with technologies relative to sentient life and caring for our planet, and religious interests. Archbishop Desmond Tutu made a bit of an "appearance" via HH Dalai Lama, and both had some strong concerns of their own.
HH Dalai Lama and Dr. Jinpa discussed "Indian Knowledge Acquisition" in which "conviction" arises over decades via words and intellectual understanding, critical reflection, integration and experience.
Genome Therapy (editing the human genome to improve it) was also brought into the mix.
HH Dalai Lama discussed what I call here (from Contact) that "awful waste of space" side of humanity that convention and emulating conventional scientists have disposed of, "amygdala"/feelings/meaningfulnesses ("wasteful without investigation" - DL). He said around 200 million people were killed in the last century through violence, what humans decided to do with their intelligence (over animals), and are only slowly realizing that "sharing a common goal (on this planet) is more important than national sovereignty."
Artistic creativity of Yoko Ono was addressed and Philip Glass,** a Buddhist, was thanked for his musical contribution.
Compassionate technology: What is progress? How much do we need? Where do we draw the line? Will a robot be able to fall in love? (That brought an emotional moment!)
A 30-second ending meditation was shared, upon which to reflect.
This is a truly intriguing, insightful and very touching dialogue/presentation.
** Philip Glass, wonderful place.
Dialogue with HH Dalai Lama in Amsterdam, Netherlands
VIDEO
During graduate studies, a particular science of psychology course I enjoyed was one I repeatedly took, again and again, over several semesters, because as long as the professor kept changing the topic, new credits were awarded for each. Many of my classmates were university professors themselves, including from the medical school, keeping their educations current, so we had some really incredible topics and conversations to play with, such as Chaos Theory. One semester the topic was Automaticity, Roboticism and Artificial Intelligence. I had some ideas of my own, superConsciousness wise, and those ideas came back rather quickly while attending to this truly intriguing, fun and fascinating dialogue between HH Dalai Lama and various panels with special interests in these talks on Robotics, Telepresence and AI/Artificial Intelligence, and how technologies can improve the lives of folks of all ages.
There is much discussion on the possibilities and potentials for advancing robots toward "learning" empathy and compassion, at least at a basic level, and whether or not robots (aka "smart computers") capable of anything material or mechanistic, could ever "evolve" into having a human-like (basic) consciousness.
Conversation included problems with over population, longevity, global warming, ethics, ethical leadership/"who decides" (technologies, politics, etc.) how far society should go with technologies relative to sentient life and caring for our planet, and religious interests. Archbishop Desmond Tutu made a bit of an "appearance" via HH Dalai Lama, and both had some strong concerns of their own.
HH Dalai Lama and Dr. Jinpa discussed "Indian Knowledge Acquisition" in which "conviction" arises over decades via words and intellectual understanding, critical reflection, integration and experience.
Genome Therapy (editing the human genome to improve it) was also brought into the mix.
HH Dalai Lama discussed what I call here (from Contact) that "awful waste of space" side of humanity that convention and emulating conventional scientists have disposed of, "amygdala"/feelings/meaningfulnesses ("wasteful without investigation" - DL). He said around 200 million people were killed in the last century through violence, what humans decided to do with their intelligence (over animals), and are only slowly realizing that "sharing a common goal (on this planet) is more important than national sovereignty."
Artistic creativity of Yoko Ono was addressed and Philip Glass,** a Buddhist, was thanked for his musical contribution.
Compassionate technology: What is progress? How much do we need? Where do we draw the line? Will a robot be able to fall in love? (That brought an emotional moment!)
A 30-second ending meditation was shared, upon which to reflect.
This is a truly intriguing, insightful and very touching dialogue/presentation.
** Philip Glass, wonderful place.
