This is our final rewind episode from Season One, and our theme is technology. Specifically: what is artificial intelligence, and what does it mean for us as human beings?

Michael Li, physicist and blockchain entrepreneur, believes AI is not yet artificial general intelligence, but already an industrial revolution, a shift as significant as the steam engine or the internet.

Raymond Lam, senior writer at Buddhistdoor Global, points to Japan using AI chatbots to bring Buddhist teachings to younger generations, and shares why Buddhism sees humans as having a unique potential to attain enlightenment.

Father Reginald Mary Chua, Catholic priest and doctoral researcher at Oxford, reminds us that the very concept of personhood in the Western tradition originates in Catholic theology, and asks at what point, if ever, AI might be accorded personhood and dignity.

Khenpo Aachen Tenzin, Tibetan Buddhist teacher, speaks to the intangible dimensions of being human that are so easily overlooked, and offers an image that has stayed with me: a robot giving Buddhist teachings is like a flame on a television screen. You can see it, but you cannot feel the heat.

Sairee Chahal, serial entrepreneur, brings a more optimistic lens on the democratising power of the internet and AI to give every person access to a personalised and premium experience of knowledge and opportunity.

These are conversations we believe matter deeply. At a moment when technology is accelerating so fast, the exchange of ideas across religions, disciplines, and cultures has never felt more necessary.

Next week, Season Two begins. Stay tuned.

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