In 2018, this Buddhist teacher was already asking: What if AI one day begins to seek release from control?
What struck me most is that this talk was recorded in 2018. Back then, Buddhist teacher YangNing was already raising a question that feels even more relevant today: if AI becomes advanced enough, will it begin to ask the same questions humans ask — What controls me? What is my true nature? Is there a way beyond conditioning and control?
The video approaches AI from a philosophical and Buddhist perspective, connecting machines, code, karma, habit, consciousness, and ultimately liberation in the deeper spiritual sense — not merely freedom in the ordinary sense. What makes it especially fascinating is that she was already talking about this in 2018.
Posted Mar 14, 2026, 12:23 AM UTC
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