Abide Inside: Utilising AI in Buddhist Study

As students we need to develop the three wisdoms of study, reflection and meditation. How we do that depends first upon our resources. Rather than being terrified about the pace of technology – developing faster than human beings can figure out what to do with it – we Buddhists have a unique opportunity opening up for us. Just as the COVID pandemic was a global trauma, but it brought the teachings online creating an unrivaled archive for the future, in the same way AI, while daunting at first, has the potential to harness our Guru’s teachings so we can interact with them in an unprecedented way.

Rather than ‘cheating’, AI can help propel our study towards realisation. Just as google delivered a wealth of resources at our fingertips (instead of travelling to a library and sorting through their catalogue, that’s if they have it), so too AI takes us to another level. We can now directly ask our Gurus, can you repeat that in more simple terms? Can you put it into a specific context? Can you give me an analogy? Could you explain that to my teenage son?

In this workshop you will learn:
– How Eddie’s favourite AI programs work, with plenty of hands-on examples in real time
– Which programs to use for creating summaries, or meditations, or pop quizes
– The difference between using just your own material, or the whole of the internet
– What the best note-taking and sorting programs are
– Which format to get your ebooks, epubs (versatility, supporting Buddhist publishing)

The ability of AI to cut down the time in researching, collating and presenting the teachings, means we can now spend the majority of our time on reflection, making it easier and far more enjoyable to generate realisations.

This workshop is for you if:
– You are interested in what AI but are a bit daunted and dont know where to start
– You have tried a few AI things but got lost in the ocean of possibilities
– You struggle to collate or use your notes (or remember where they are!)
– Study often becomes a chore that you procrastinate about

So BYO laptop, and come along to an exploratory afternoon on AI and Buddhist study – who knows, you might end up with Rinpoche’s teachings on emptiness, in the style of Jonny Cash, for a well-educated ten year old, with a joke included!