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SUMMARY:Buddhism and AI: Seminars with Brant Horio\, PhD
DESCRIPTION:Co-sponsors Buddhist Study Center and BDK Hawaii invite you 
 to\nBuddhism and AI\nSeminars on Buddhism and Artificial Intelligence wi
 th Dr. Brant Horio\nOctober 9\, 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.\nOctober 10\, 9:
 00 a.m. – Noon\n\nBuddhist Study Center (1436 University Ave in Honolu
 lu) and on Zoom\n\n[su_button url="https://honpahi.link/ai" target="blan
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 utton]\nhttps://honpahi.link/ai\n\n[caption class="max50" id="attachment
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 o enlarge the flyer.[/caption]\nAbout the Speaker\nBrant Horio\, PhD\, c
 omes to the Dharma by way of systems thinking\, computational social sci
 ence\, and complexity—fields that ask how patterns emerge and adapt in
  a changing world. A member of Ekoji Buddhist Temple in Fairfax Station\
 , VA\, Brant is fascinated by how technology and science can open new do
 ors to understanding and sharing the Dharma\, offering fresh ways to nav
 igate the impermanence and constant change of modern life.\nPart I\, Fri
 day\, October 9 | 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.\nThe Middle Path in the Age of
  AI: Navigating Between the Fear and the Hype\nDemystifies generative AI
  for the broader Buddhist community\, offering accessible functional kno
 wledge about what AI is\, what it can and cannot do\, and why it matters
  to temples\, ministers\, Dharma schools\, and lay practitioners. Rather
  than approaching AI through either fear or technological inevitability\
 , the talk explores a Buddhist middle path toward engaging these tools w
 ith curiosity\, discernment\, compassion\, and appropriate boundaries.\n
 Part II\, Saturday\, October 10 | 9:00 a.m. – Noon\nThe Middle Path in
  the Age of AI: From Possibility to Practice\nMoves from understanding A
 I to imagining what Buddhist communities might actually do with it. Thro
 ugh examples spanning Dharma study\, translation\, teaching\, music\, cr
 eative media\, vibe-coded applications\, prompting\, and agentic systems
 \, the talk explores how AI might amplify the work of temples while mana
 ging its risks and preserving human judgment. It concludes with a call t
 o build shared tools\, practices\, repositories\, and guidance for minis
 ters\, teachers\, students\, and laypeople.
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