In the seen,
only the seen.
Essays on AI, consciousness and meditation by someone who builds AI agents for a living and keeps a serious meditation practice. I report back on what the suttas say, what practice shows, what it takes to keep your attention in an age of feeds, and what stays human when machines can talk. I'm a practitioner, not a teacher, and I write plainly.
No hype. No woo. No slop.
Latest
- 01
The Peg and the Sniff
- 02
Who comes back to the breath?
- 03
Looking for the price of a smell
- 04
A Chinese room with a nose
- 05
What has already been said about consciousness and AI? Part 1: The old puzzle
- 06
What has already been said about consciousness and AI? Part 2: What the scientists say
- 07
What has already been said about consciousness and AI? Part 3: The machines
- 08
I build AI agents all day. Why do I feel they can't be conscious?
Pillars
- 1Machine and mind
AI consciousness and model welfare, explained by someone who builds the systems.
- 2Practice, plainly
Meditation for real lives: busy days, neurodivergent brains, parenting.
- 3The seen only the seen
The suttas and the philosophy around them, read slowly and put to use.
- 4Recovery and attention
Sobriety, compulsion, screens and chatbots.
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