Introspection in the Age of AI

The mind-body relation

Whenever we think of the mind, we should understand that it is a resource that is shared between several living entities. Out of the several thousand thoughts that become images in the mind, only a tiny bit will become something of interest to an individual living entity.  We need to understand the need of the living being from these thought signals which are often buried in noise due to self-imposed conditioning. The living entity has to come to a constitutional position in order to execute this task. This constitutional position is one that of service, one that of love, and one that of purity. The emerging hype around Artificial Intelligence (AI) should be directed in setting the position of the living being along this direction. Beyond writing code for the development of AI, the governments need to formulate policies that look into the ethical practices that keep its progress more welfare motivated.

How to enliven each moment?

The twenty-first century is one that is knowledge-based and self-supervised. In this pedagogical setting ancient modes of knowledge transfer meets with modern technological advancements. We need to acknowledge this interdependence with grace and embellish the descending knowledge tradition with interactive case studies and objective vision.  Our teaching-learning practices should empower and expand rather than demotivate and deteriorate. In this context, our university education system should adopt the work on the 3 C's (i) Cocreate (ii) Collaborate, and (iii) Cooperate.  These values can change the current vacuum in our education where practice does not match theory and the expectation does not meet the market demand. A holistic need-based educational scheme that emphasizes the talents of the youth should be made our top priority. Also, our system has to adopt a bonafide goal-oriented approach rather than seeking temporary pleasures in low-hanging fruits.

Controlling human greed

In the human experience greed is the biggest foe in personal and organizational development. Greed leads to loss of vision for the bonafide goal and develops negative reactions that leave behind unwanted emotional stress.  Feelings of loss and gain are often in tension during events of greed and the thought process broods over unnecessary whimsical needs. It is strongly believed that AI companions are the best fit to remove the influence of greed and shift the human mindset to be directed more towards growth and learning. AI developers and software engineers can generate a regret-reward system to incentivize in creating an ecosystem that prevents individuals from harming themselves from the menace of greed. Modern AI-based language tools should enable the users to tone down the greedy segments through sentence or speech corrections.  

We are self-learners

The interesting feature of the human experience is in his ability to adapt to change and also to learn by himself or herself. The self-learning aspect benefits in achieving a long-term vision of happiness, wealth, and wisdom. The AI revolution brings along with it ample opportunities for lifelong learning coupled with happiness and fun. AI can be a companion in providing assistance and feedback immediately. This human-in-the-loop model will surely enable us in making this world a suitable and better place.

Let every living being be in a state of bliss - (सर्वे भवन्तुः  सुखिनः )