CIRCLE WITH A DOT

"Alignment" is the wrong frame for AI safety. New essay on why "wisdom" is a better frame than "alignment", and what the Buddha's tests for evaluating teachers can teach us about AI character. #ai #buddhism https://open.substack.com/pub/dougsmith773158/p/wisdom-not-alignment?r=4gpbiw&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

Death is not just death. Behind death, something greater is revealed: who we really are. The whole purpose of life is to realize this.https://prajnaonline.org/teachings?topic=understanding-death-dying#death #dying #livinganddying #buddhism

How can we develop a compassion in these troubled times that does not exclude anyone?The practice of immeasurable #compassion provides us with a great opportunity to open our hearts even in the most difficult circumstances.https://prajnaonline.org/live/live-sangha-day-9may2026-eng#buddhism #buddhist

Demis Hassabis's two-step plan for AI: "Solve intelligence, then use it to solve everything else." But intelligence is a force-multiplier — it amplifies whatever's already there. New essay on Buddhism, motivated reasoning, and the future of intelligence. #AI #Buddhism https://open.substack.com/pub/dougsmith773158/p/solve-intelligence-then-solve-everything?r=4gpbiw&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

#Buddha's mother Juntei Kanzeon, enshrined in the main hall of Hokai-ji, #Japan.#BuddhistArt #Buddhism

Key insights from the Buddha’s life and teachings to show how, through meditation and shifting our focus inwards, we can find true, unending contentment.https://registration.rigpa.org.au/civicrm/event/info?id=1370&reset=1#buddhist #buddhism

Key insights from the Buddha’s life and teachings to show how, through meditation and shifting our focus inwards, we can find true, unending contentment.https://registration.rigpa.org.au/civicrm/event/info?id=1370&reset=1#buddhist #buddhism

"You carry the light with you always, but seek it outside in vain." – RinzaiDaily #Zen #Buddhism #Rinzai

The Nonstick SoulLike a nonstick pan,This positivity doesn't always stick.I don’t think it’s supposed to.Sometimes the darkness seeps inTo remind me that without it, the light is invisible.One does not negate the other;They are a conversation.A complement.A contrast that creates the image.It isn't good or bad.It isn’t a war of Dark versus Light.It is simply day becoming night,And night becoming day.A natural occurrence taking place.This is life.This is death.ThisIs.#poetry #WritingCommunity #buddhism #reflection

Key insights from the Buddha’s life and teachings to show how, through meditation and shifting our focus inwards, we can find true, unending contentment.https://registration.rigpa.org.au/civicrm/event/info?id=1370&reset=1#buddhist #buddhism

Supreme peace 🪷 Liberating wisdom from Jigme Lingpa (1730–1798) 🪷 Right now, what are you holding onto that doesn’t need to be held? https://youtube.com/shorts/bsqOfV0eGPA#Buddhism #Buddha #Dharma #Vajrayana #Dzogchen #TibetanBuddhism #Mindfulness #Meditation #Awakening #Spirituality