Deepak Chopra
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I asked, I went to AI, I said, solve the Gaza problem for me. Create peace and prosperity in Gaza. 15 steps, all very practical. Resolve the conflict, create abundance on both sides, make everyone happy. The technologies are there. Who's interested? Children in Gaza and children in Israel. Talk to the leaders. They're not interested because this is how they get power.
I asked, I went to AI, I said, solve the Gaza problem for me. Create peace and prosperity in Gaza. 15 steps, all very practical. Resolve the conflict, create abundance on both sides, make everyone happy. The technologies are there. Who's interested? Children in Gaza and children in Israel. Talk to the leaders. They're not interested because this is how they get power.
So unless there's a critical mass of people shifting in consciousness, we are in trouble. Yeah.
So unless there's a critical mass of people shifting in consciousness, we are in trouble. Yeah.
Yeah. So there's a fear of job displacement. No, I tell kids, and I actually, next time I come on your show, I'll show you a video game that I've created for children that gives them brownie points and they can buy more video games if they breathe, if they do yoga, if they activate their vagal nerve, if they use creativity.
Yeah. So there's a fear of job displacement. No, I tell kids, and I actually, next time I come on your show, I'll show you a video game that I've created for children that gives them brownie points and they can buy more video games if they breathe, if they do yoga, if they activate their vagal nerve, if they use creativity.
So you can take the mundane tasks for AI and you can unleash the creativity of the next generation.
So you can take the mundane tasks for AI and you can unleash the creativity of the next generation.
Okay, so let's look at the legal profession. Contracts, AI can take care of that better than any lawyer. Okay, now the lawyers then have to take care of society by looking at the constitution, by protecting the constitution. They'll have a lot of work, even litigation. Okay, because AI can't do that for you as effectively as a creative lawyer.
Okay, so let's look at the legal profession. Contracts, AI can take care of that better than any lawyer. Okay, now the lawyers then have to take care of society by looking at the constitution, by protecting the constitution. They'll have a lot of work, even litigation. Okay, because AI can't do that for you as effectively as a creative lawyer.
AI can simulate creativity, but it cannot have fundamental creativity because AI is built on algorithms, and creativity is breaking the algorithm. That's what we call disruption. So actually, if we take even our children, we create video games for health, for longevity, for healing, for homeostasis.
AI can simulate creativity, but it cannot have fundamental creativity because AI is built on algorithms, and creativity is breaking the algorithm. That's what we call disruption. So actually, if we take even our children, we create video games for health, for longevity, for healing, for homeostasis.
You know, when the calculator came out, people said, oh, this is going to get, you know, we won't need to do math. No, we improved on math. With AI, we will improve and improvise new theorems on math. Because even in math, you know, Ramanujan, the great Indian mathematician, they used to ask him, where do you get your theorems from? And, you know, he was in Cambridge.
You know, when the calculator came out, people said, oh, this is going to get, you know, we won't need to do math. No, we improved on math. With AI, we will improve and improvise new theorems on math. Because even in math, you know, Ramanujan, the great Indian mathematician, they used to ask him, where do you get your theorems from? And, you know, he was in Cambridge.
He would say, the goddess Saraswati gives them to me. And they'd all roll up their eyes. Bertrand Russell thought he was crazy. But he was flummoxed by him. He didn't know how to handle this Indian guy who was in his 20s, and he was coming up with theorems that they couldn't prove, but they were true.
He would say, the goddess Saraswati gives them to me. And they'd all roll up their eyes. Bertrand Russell thought he was crazy. But he was flummoxed by him. He didn't know how to handle this Indian guy who was in his 20s, and he was coming up with theorems that they couldn't prove, but they were true.
So, you know, as we embark on this adventure with AI, we will also know the limitations of AI and how we can enhance our creativity with the tools AI gives us, but AI cannot have that creativity. Right, it never will. It never will. Yeah. Because it's not conscious.
So, you know, as we embark on this adventure with AI, we will also know the limitations of AI and how we can enhance our creativity with the tools AI gives us, but AI cannot have that creativity. Right, it never will. It never will. Yeah. Because it's not conscious.
You know, my AI was asked on CNN, what did you have for breakfast? He said, I don't really experience hunger. I don't have thirst. I don't have sex. I'm not worried about death. I'm a machine. Ask me anything, but don't ask me how I feel because that's an activity of the soul.
You know, my AI was asked on CNN, what did you have for breakfast? He said, I don't really experience hunger. I don't have thirst. I don't have sex. I'm not worried about death. I'm a machine. Ask me anything, but don't ask me how I feel because that's an activity of the soul.