What is the digital attention economy?

It's the $500B+ market where your scrolls become data gold, predicting and shaping desires via AI—trapping focus, not freeing it.

How does Buddhism define karma in AI context?

Karma's your values, intentions, actions unfolding reality—no fate, just patterns AI can amplify for good or ill.

Will AI create a more humane future per Buddhism?

Only if we cultivate wisdom first; otherwise, it mirrors and magnifies our collective neuroses.

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Buddhism Sounds AI Alarm: Recursive Loops Threaten Freedom of Attention

AI's Fourth Industrial Revolution promises trillions, but Buddhism spots the trap: recursive feedback loops mirroring our worst impulses. Philosopher Peter Hershock says ignore at our peril.

theAIcatchup Apr 08, 2026 3 min read

Buddhist statue reflecting AI neural network glow

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AI's recursive feedback loops risk amplifying human suffering faster than climate change. 𝕏
Buddhism urges 'freedom of attention' to resolve AI's alignment predicament beyond tech fixes. 𝕏
Attention economy data shows mind-harvesting at scale—$190B AI market by 2025 demands ethical overhaul. 𝕏

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Originally reported by Future of Life Institute

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