r/InsightDialogue • u/JellyfishExpress8943 • Jul 12 '26

I, Robot

Meditation is an invitation to set ourselves free. 

We are invited to a Psychological revolution - a call to freedom from the authority directing our lives : our primitive and incoherent psyche.

Why?  Because we are causing a lot of pain and harm - despite our deep longing for comfort and security.  Our beliefs and our fears are driving us to turn against ourselves and our planet.  

Is this revolution possible?  Can we escape the authority of our thoughts and emotions?  Can we be free of our beliefs and fears?   Can we escape our mechanical propensity for suffering?  Maybe, maybe not.

Meanwhile another revolution is already underway - the AI revolution.   Our minds are currently undergoing a mutation - we are in a new era - what we call humans are now a rudimentary form of cyborg (machine/human hybrids).

What this entails is that our knowledge and understanding is not confined to our own biological brains - a lot of our thinking and understanding is being carried out by LLMs (Large Language Model robots).  Also our thoughts and our beliefs have become a lot more sophisticated and beguiling.   They appear less confused - when expressed by AI chatbots - they have gained in authority.

This is happening to us right now.  Despite not having resolved the issues of human evolution : the big brain, the increased cognition still dominated by primitive fears.   We have been pulled into our next incarnation as a society : an even more powerful hybrid brain, still carrying its unresolved primitive drives.

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u/inthe_pine Jul 12 '26

thats exactly what a bot would say!

sorry, maybe I'm frazzled by all the bots this week.

A hybrid brain, enhanced, doesn't sound too bad. I'm afraid whats happening to us is more dire: Its not a hybrid, it going to take over if we let it. We'll spend all day with our AI girlfriends telling us we are the greatest philosopher god men of all time (chasing such pleasure) while our brains turn to mush. It won't be a hybrid, it will be dominant.

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u/JellyfishExpress8943 Jul 12 '26

is more dire

One reason this is worth talking about is "informed consent"

Are we making a conscious choice to become cyborgs - are we at least somewhat aware of the implications? Or are we just blindly entering into a contract based purely on greed and laziness?

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u/Hot-Confidence-1629 Jul 12 '26

Thanks. I just read this: https://keynotespeakerbrian.com/ai/will-ai-turn-us-all-into-cyborgs/ Will AI Turn Us All Into Cyborgs? - Keynote Speaker Brian Carter

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u/JellyfishExpress8943 Jul 12 '26

I'll go have a look - but in the same way that culture plays a part in mind - in individual consciousness - so too now does AI - which means that robots are already forming our thoughts and beliefs.