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After reading Slavoj Žižek’s essay “In the Court of the AI King,” I engaged Claude (Fable 5) with some questions — Žižek is, as usual, dense, and his references to Lacan in particular required additional context. As often happens, my questions evolved into a long conversation, by the end of which I had some new and unexpected clarity about how I see myself as an executive coach.…
I wanted to know whether I could rely on devotion to my teacher alone, and not worry so much about all sentient beings. It occurred to me that I could just ask Rinpoche the question now, so I did, imagining him sitting in his throne on the stage. An intelligent blue energy floated above the seat. It was Rinpoche, and not just Rinpoche but all my teachers, and not just all my teachers but Manjusri.
In this profound teaching, Lama Zopa Rinpoche explores the nature of the mind and the concept of emptiness, examining how our perception of self is fundamentally mistaken and showing the path to realization.
For several months, I’ve been prototyping an AI-powered therapy tool. It’s proven surprisingly useful, so I want to share it with you here. Many people are experimenting with AI for therapy, but the tool I’ve built takes advantage of unusual structural properties in the Internal Family Systems (IFS) model. Unlike many therapeutic modalities, IFS comes with a user manual. The role…