Grasshopper Notes Podcast
The Grasshopper Notes Podcast is hosted by John Morgan the man who has been billed as America’s Best Known Hypnotherapist.
John’s podcasts are a collection of guided meditations and bite-sized, mini podcasts which open you to new ways of thinking, communicating, and responding. You get a finer appreciation of how your mind works and how to use your internal resources to your best advantage.
See a video of John's background at the following link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbCPd00ok0I
In short, John Morgan is a people helper. Explore this channel and see what he can help you discover.
Grasshopper Notes Podcast
No Future For AI (Artificial Intelligence)
Artificial Intelligence is based on the past; your creativity creates the future. That's the theme of John Morgan's weekly Grasshopper Notes essay for the week of September 4th.
Grasshopper Notes are the writings from America's Best Known Hypnotherapist John Morgan. His podcasts contain his most responded to essays and blog posts from the past two decades.
Find the written versions of these podcasts on John's podcasting site: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1628038
"The Grasshopper" is the part of you that whispers pearls of wisdom that seem to pop into your mind from out of the blue. John's essays and blog posts are his interpretations of these "Nips of Nectar." Others have labeled his writings as timeless wisdom.
Most of the John's writings revolve around self improvement and self help. They address topics like:
• Mindfulness
• Peace of mind
• Creativity
• How to stay in the present moment
• Spirituality
• Behavior improvement
And stories that transform you to a wider sense of awareness that presents more options. And isn't that what we all want, more options?
John uploads these podcasts on a regular basis. So check back often to hear these podcasts heard around the world. Who wants to be the next person to change?
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No Future For AI (Artificial Intelligence)
The Grasshopper offered this the other day: “Artificial Intelligence is based on what has happened, but doesn’t know what’s yet to come.”
I’m no technical expert, but it seems to me the breakthroughs with Artificial Intelligence are based on current knowledge on any given subject.
The field I’m most familiar with in relation to AI is photo retouching, with programs like Photoshop. It seems that AI software scans millions of photographs looking for similar aspects to the one you’re working on and offers up ways to enhance your photo. For example, it can improve the focus on a somewhat out of focus shot; it can recognize and remove blemishes, and improve skin tones in portraits. It’s quite useful in making your photos look as good as they can. I gotta say, AI is a godsend for an amateur photographer like me.
But the point remains. AI bases it results on things that already exist. It has to rely on us humans to create the future. Then it can sample that work and offer better results down the line.
I’m reminded of a quote about thinking from philosopher Alan Watts:
“If I think all the time, I won’t have anything to think about except my own thoughts. Now, that would leave me high and dry, and I would become like a library to which the only books being added were books about the books that were already in it.”
Believe me, this is not a treatise on Artificial Intelligence. Frankly, I’m just not qualified. What it is, is a reminder of what a creative soul you are. We all sit on untapped creativity every day, and we’re quite capable to get it to come out and play. All we have to do is move what we already know out of the way. We do this by making time for ourselves to relax into reflection. That means to take some time to quiet your mind and let the thought machine calm down so you can unearth creativity’s fertile ground.
You’re not going to think your way to new ways of doing things because you’ll only have access to what’s already been thought. It’s like getting stuck on a freeway that has no exit ramps.
A quiet mind is a creative mind. When you tap into that peace and quiet, you have access to as much creativity as any other human being on earth, and more than any AI program.
So, instead of allowing your human intelligence to wallow in thoughts like “Alas, my die is cast,” create your future, instead of relying on your past.
All the best,
John
