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Do We Really Need Spirituality in an AI-Driven World? || Acharya Prashant, at IIT-Guwahati (2023)
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Self-knowledge
Guru
Ego
Ignorance
Realization
Shri Krishna
Upanishads
Bhagavad Gita
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Acharya Prashant addresses the rise of AI-based spiritual tools like Gita GPT, arguing that they cannot replace a real spiritual teacher. He explains that while AI provides standardized answers regardless of the questioner, a wise teacher addresses the questioner rather than the question itself. A true teacher understands that a question is an extension of the questioner's ego and seeks to dissolve the question rather than validate it. The goal of a teacher is to help the seeker go beyond their questions and realize their irrelevance, whereas AI merely continues the cycle of questioning.