https://arisinginitiative.com/ Arising is an open, non-profit initiative at the meeting of artificial intelligence and the wisdom traditions. For anyone drawn to what AI is becoming — or to the contemplative paths that have long asked what mind and meaning really are — and open to letting the two illuminate each other. en-gb https://arisinginitiative.com/articles/wheel-and-chariot/ https://arisinginitiative.com/articles/wheel-and-chariot/ Thu, 02 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT AI is now fluent enough to make an old error visible. It mistakes a useful working boundary for the real object. On reification, scale, and how to draw boundaries without believing them. https://arisinginitiative.com/articles/machinal-bypass/ https://arisinginitiative.com/articles/machinal-bypass/ Wed, 01 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT The healthy and unhealthy ways to use AI turn on one thing, the posture you bring to it. On machinal bypass, sycophancy, emotional dependence, and why curiosity is the first medicine. https://arisinginitiative.com/articles/the-mind-has-no-address/ https://arisinginitiative.com/articles/the-mind-has-no-address/ Tue, 30 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT The question "is AI conscious" is usually malformed. Every camp hides the same error. Madhyamaka, read through Nagarjuna and Jay Garfield, dissolves the search for where consciousness really lives. https://arisinginitiative.com/articles/nothing-inside-the-word/ https://arisinginitiative.com/articles/nothing-inside-the-word/ Mon, 29 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Do language models understand meaning? No, and the reason is the interesting part. Self-attention, Wittgenstein and Nagarjuna converge on one answer, meaning is a relational field, empty of intrinsic essence.