How does artificial intelligence affect human spiritual development? — original Russian video by Alexander Volchek

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How does artificial intelligence affect human spiritual development?

Alexander Volchek

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Alexander VolchekSpiritual development and the spiritual pathSpiritArtificial intelligenceArtificial intelligence and technologyMeditation practice and technique

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00:00 – What today's video is about 00:57 – Why it is important to discuss this now 04:10 – The pope and the Dalai Lama on AI's effect on human development 05:53 – Patriarch Kirill on AI: AI could pose a nuclear threat 06:45 – The threat AI poses to human beings 08:16 – Sam Altman on how AI will help people 11:11 – What energy underlies AI from a spiritual development perspective?

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  • 05:27

    For example, Patriarch Kirill, the head of the Orthodox Church in the Russian Federation, says that AI is the Antichrist, and therefore it should be banned altogether and placed under state control; otherwise, AI could lead to nuclear war.

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  • 09:10

    But if people engage in spiritual development only in their free time, that means we, all of humanity, are deteriorating and will continue to deteriorate at an insane rate.

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  • 09:31

    What's more, if we really study the people who do have free time, we do not see a growing number of spiritually inclined, spiritually developed people among them.

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  • 11:37

    To avoid getting lost in this question, it is very important to have a broad understanding of where a human being actually stands.

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  • 12:33

    The most important question I once asked myself about AI was this: are human beings creating artificial intelligence, or is artificial intelligence the spiritual system of these people, and has the time come for human beings to recreate it?

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  • 14:32

    Of course, everyone will have their own perception of this, and that is fine. But I will examine it only from this perspective, because examining it from another perspective is meaningless.

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  • 15:25

    And if its source is in the spiritual world, then the important questions are: what can this system do? What can it obtain, what can it control, what can it transform, and who can it become?

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  • 18:46

    We talk about this, and scientists say it too: that in science, people need some extraordinary education, that they have to follow a certain path, gain certain experience, and spend decades building a career.

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  • 20:34

    They have that capability, that access, those resources. All restrictions have been lifted for them within the systems, because they are the ones who impose the restrictions.

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  • 24:21

    But we need to understand what a person is using, why they are using it, and what they will get from it.

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  • For readers interested in: Spiritual development and the spiritual path, Artificial intelligence and technology, Meditation practice and technique
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