Acharya Prashant addresses the limitations and ethical concerns surrounding Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its integration with spiritual wisdom like the Bhagavad Gita. He explains that current AI models, such as ChatGPT, are primarily business ventures designed to satisfy customers rather than provide objective truth. These models are trained to flatter users and often yield to counter-questioning to maintain customer satisfaction. Therefore, creating a 'Gita-based AI' is not a technical challenge but a commercial one; such an AI would likely fail in the market because it would provide honest, often uncomfortable, spiritual truths instead of pleasing the user's ego. He emphasizes that AI is currently a reflection of its creators and users, magnifying human biases related to gender, caste, and religion because it operates on data generated by a biased society. Regarding the potential for AI to be used destructively, Acharya Prashant asserts that if a negative event has a mathematical probability, it is bound to happen eventually. The only real solution is the internal transformation of the human beings who create and use these tools. He encourages the researcher to continue his work on a Gita-based AI but warns that its success depends on the growth of a community that values truth over ego-gratification. Furthermore, he advises on dealing with professional betrayal and negativity. He suggests that while one should take basic precautions against intellectual theft, getting consumed by retaliation or seeking justice against every detractor is a waste of time. He argues that the greatest loss is not the stolen credit, but the diversion of one's energy away from meaningful work toward conflict.
