The Sanskrit word Aavahan roughly translates to “Invocation”, albeit a much wider abstraction. Aavahan is a marathon ritual of meditation and sacrifice - to instantiate superior powers within oneself . To a follower, it appears as if you are broadcasting an intense call to action, but internally, you resolve to act - alone as an active medium - akin a bursting channel that overflows. In Hindu tradition, one of the three primal forces - Bramh, Vishnu or Siva are invoked before taking on uphill endeavours. For example Rama, before making a bridge across ocean, invoked Siva.

Scribing Mahabharata was one such venture. The closest comparison is the computing revolution in our recent history :

In terms of interdependence, the idea of a written language 1 for Mahabharata was somewhat similar to a programming language in context of first portable operating 2 system. The way “C” came into shape alongside Unix, Sanskrit fructified alongside the epic. The after impacts also seem pretty similar. Just as software transformed every aspect of modern life - and is now redefining the very foundation of value exchange ; the written word rewired then existing social, political and fiscal fabric. First multilateral 3 economic system emerged atop existing method of value exchange - “one on one” barter. Power structures reconfigured themselves. Kingdoms had to capitulate to figure out new methods of taxation.

Just like our migration to the digital word, the groundwork 4 for that shift started much earlier. It was the work of many giant generations building over previous. The most important piece, however, was finding a purpose to scribe - a root reference narrative that would span ages without losing its luster. No one could fathom to what avail, but the cause appeared worth dedicating many lives. Thousands of scribes would spend millions of hours to copy, rewrite and improve Mahabharata, just as Unix morphed into BSDs, Solaris, AIX, HP-UX, Minix, Linux and Android and many more including countless variants of each.

You may find the comparison between an operating system and a primitive narrative rather odd - an amusing flight of imagination! But the idea of sentient beings, living in the realms of artificial intelligence isn’t far-fetched. Nick Bostrom and Carl Shulman suggest in their recent paper that consciousness is substrate independent.

Mental states can supervene on any of a broad class of physical substrates. Provided a system implements the right sort of computational structures and processes, it can be associated with conscious experiences. It is not an essential property of consciousness that it is implemented on carbon-based biological neural networks inside a cranium: silicon-based processors inside a computer could in principle do the trick as well ~ Propositions Concerning Digital Minds and Society

If AIs are destined to have consciousness, a compelling thought is what would be their perception of underlying computing infrastructure? Wouldn’t they relate to an operating system as we do to primitive scriptures - the rules for engaging with hardware - and other soft entities ! It might define bounds of their value system just as scriptures defined what we know as morality.

As described in the first book of Mahabharata, the Vaidik editor-in-chief, sage teacher of all the races 5, Krishna Dwaipayana invoked Bramha - the embodiment of all-pervading information in vocal network. He must do so for Mahabharata was not only first written historical narrative, it was also the first large data set to train human mind on text - a new intelligence model layered over oratory skills.

The obvious benefit was to render thoughts timeless.

🔎 In the beginning, spoken words and actions were synchronous 6. There was no secret vault of thoughts.

When we learned to “think”, we pondered over the past activities - history. We saved the states of vocal interactions secretly in memory - accessible only to us. In essence, we separated thoughts from actions.

Powerful thoughts then manifested into written words. A narrative is thus a recorded abstraction over physical actions. It is frozen in time for reference in the future.

Is code an abstraction over thoughts 7 ?

The idea that information could be preserved for eternity, would percolate beyond races, geographies and cultures. Written word would navigate human communities, and multi-generational endeavours. All future ideologies (religions or faculties of science) must be built on a rock solid treatise - Gita , Bible, Quran, Physica, Principia, Relativity - and hundreds of more.

Aavahan

Invocation of the primal force, at neural levels, is an invitation to conflicting “thoughts” - to play all their cards. They fight, and they scheme against each other; or in favor of some. They hallucinate in groups and then more subgroups. They leave one sometimes full of vibrancy, other times almost dead. Krishna Dwaipayana was destined to churn thousands of sacred insights from sages (Rishies) - old and new. Most of the time collectively converging onto “truth” but many other times conflicting. He catalogued their wisdom into four foundational spoken volumes - the Vedas. For this legendary work, he was conferred the coveted title in literature - Ved Vyasa (the chief editor of Vedas).

This work, in itself, was virtuous enough to dedicate many lives; though Dwaipayana was just getting started ! He was waiting for a divine 8 prompt. His purpose was to welcome the full-incarnation 9 of Vishnu, understand the wisdom ‘as is’, and preserve it in human mind through one of the most potent narratives ever told - Bhagvad Gita .

As a complimentary gift, to ensure everyone had fair access - through space and time - he ushered humanity from spoken word to the written text - a new experiential universe of narratives. It was like commissioning the hypertext internet of that time. The immensity of his purpose, rightfully so, made him one of the immortal-eights 10 in Hindu tradition.

With around 1.8 million words, Mahabharata is the longest written poetic narrative ever, in any language, old or new. To put it in perspective, it is about ten times the size of Iliad and Odyssey combined. More than the size, the poetry is such that it inspired Kalidasa (the Shakespeare of Sanskrit) to write the most revered poetry of all times -> Abhijnana Shakuntalam by Kalidasa is a rewrite of the plot first conceived by Dwaipayana.

In addition to the poetic excellence, Mahabharata defined a new way of life - action orientation - Karm Yoga, the method to transmit value beyond the physical laws of nature. The idea that actions we do in this virtual world carry forward (or backwards) to the continuum with us. And that we instantiate into a new immersive narrative based on the sum total of our accrued Karmik collection. This idea formed the cultural basis of Vaidik civilizations.

Karmanye vadhikaraste Ma Phaleshu Kadachana,

Ma Karma Phala Hetur Bhur Ma Te Sango Stv Akarmani

You have dominion only on your Karama; not on the outcomes!

Let the outcomes be not your motive, nor let inaction be your disposition.

Mahabharata holds within it, center-folded, the gist of four Vedas - Bhagvad Gita - the first written source of Karma Yoga. Not only did it introduce Karmyoga to the world, it did so through an example - the poetic rigor of Gita in itself is an example of Karm Yoga. The question is, how did Dwaipayana manage to write such epics at a time when scribing , in itself, was a major challenge? — there was no spell check, no grammar support! In fact, Sanskrit Grammar 11 was not even formalized yet. And of-course there was no computer. Not even a type-writer!

The legend says, Dwaipayana invoked Bramh (the entirety of information in spoken network) to seek permission for its virtual expansion through a written down narrative. Bramha (the embodiment of Bramh), in his infinite wisdom, pointed him to Siva's12 son Ganesa13 (the elephant God). Adi Parva the first book of Mahabharata describes this story in all its poetic glory. Translated by Kisari Mohan Ganguly (1896), here is an excerpt -

O divine Brahma, by me a poem hath been composed which is greatly respected. The mystery of the Veda, and what other subjects have been explained by me;

  • the various rituals of the Upanishadas with the Angas;

  • the compilation of the Puranas and history formed by me and named after the three divisions of time, past, present, and future;

  • the determination of the nature of decay, fear, disease, existence, and non-existence, a description of creeds and of the various modes of life;

  • rule for the four castes, and the import of all the Puranas;

  • an account of asceticism and of the duties of a religious student;

  • the dimensions of the sun and moon, the planets, constellations, and stars, together with the duration of the four ages;

  • the Rik, Sama and Yajur Vedas;

  • also, the Adhyatma;

  • the sciences called Nyaya (justice), Orthoephy and Treatment of diseases;

  • charity and Pasupatadharma;

  • birth celestial and human, for particular purposes;

  • also, a description of places of pilgrimage and other holy places of rivers, mountains, forests, the ocean, of heavenly cities and the kalpas;

  • the art of war;

  • the different kinds of nations and languages:

  • the nature of the manners of the people;

  • and the all-pervading spirit;

all these have been represented. But, after all, no writer of this work is to be found on earth.

Brahma said

I esteem thee for thy knowledge of divine mysteries, before the whole body of celebrated Munis distinguished for the sanctity of their lives.

I know thou hast revealed the divine word, even from its first utterance, in the language of truth.

Thou hast called thy present work a poem, wherefore it shall be a poem.

There shall be no poets whose works may equal the descriptions of this poem,

Let Ganesa be thought of, O Muni, for the purpose of writing the poem.

Most scriptures before Mahabharata were spoken words passed on from a generation to the next through rigorous recital. Those that were written down were more like random proofs of concept. Having given a formal account of it’s end to end transcription in the genesis (Adi) block, Dwaipayana left a proof that the mega-epic was actually “written down”.

The name of the first book Adi means “the beginning”; pointing to an exponential rise in conscious experience with humanity embracing a new medium for storing information at scale — text. It was our transition from a purely spoken to mostly written word. But more importantly, it created a community of writers and readers who were aligned to one rigorous value system on a new communication mode. In addition to creating a new metaverse of narratives; they had the needed alignment to evolve a universal platform for value exchange.

Dwaipayana's literary work was no accident. He came from a lineage of scholarly sages. His father Maharishi Parāśara spoke titles such as

  • Krishi Parāśara — The science of Agriculture;
  • Vrkayurveda — Insights into Botany;
  • Vishnu Purana14 — Stories of Vishnu;
  • Brihat Parāśara Hora — foundational work on Astrology;

His grandfather Sakti Muni, was first to comprehend eternal Karmyoga - the nature of rise of consciousness (Vishnu). And his great-grandfather Vaśiṣṭha was titled Bramhrishi - the first guardian of spoken wisdom.

notes and stuff …

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Transcription on palm leaves …

  • Palm leaves have been used as a medium for writing and transcribing in various cultures for centuries, particularly in regions where palm trees are abundant. It’s challenging to pinpoint a single individual or group as the “first” to use palm leaves for transcription, as this practice likely developed independently in different parts of the world.
  • One of the earliest known instances of palm leaf manuscripts comes from ancient India and Southeast Asia, where they were used for religious texts, literature, and other writings. These manuscripts are known as “Palm-leaf Manuscripts” or “Palm-leaf Books.”
  • The use of palm leaves for writing is associated with the traditional writing system known as "Tāḻam-Paṭṭu" or "Tala Patra" in Sanskrit. This system involved inscribing characters onto dried palm leaves using sharp tools. Palm leaf manuscripts were often bound together into books or scrolls.
  • One of the oldest known dated Sanskrit manuscripts is shown below, this specimen transmits a substantial portion of the Pārameśvaratantra, a scripture of the Śaiva Siddhānta, one of the Tantric theological schools that taught the worship of Śiva as “Supreme Lord” (the literal meaning of Parameśvara). No other complete manuscript of this work is known. A note in the manuscript states that it was copied in the year 252, which some scholars judge to be of the era established by the Nepalese king Aṃśuvarman (also known as Mānadeva), therefore corresponding to 828 CE. Ref - Cambridge Digital Library

oldest palm manuscript

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With the advent of telegraph, in the early 1900s, the good old typewriter morphed into “teletypes” (ttys) - the visual mode to send text and codes through a wire. Even the news companies such as AP and Reuters used ttys to communicate the stories across the pond. Fast-forward to the early seventies, DEC (Digital Equipment Corporation) adapted the ttys to interact with computers on a commercial scale and an era of massive innovation was unleashed. The tapes and punch cards were still around, and they would stay for long, but the buzz was DEC’s VT100 terminal. The DEC VT 100 was compatible with their minicomputer PDP eleven shipped in 1978.

  • PDP eleven was the first platform on which Ken Thompson and Dennis Ritchie ported “Unix” in the newly minted “C” language. The development of Unix (and C) had started at Bell labs roughly around four years back on stable PDP seven minicomputer (around 1974).
  • The DEC VT52, introduced in 1975, was an earlier video terminal that preceded the more advanced VT100. The VT52 had limited capabilities compared to the VT100, but it was still an important step in the development of computer terminals. The PDP-7, when initially used for Unix development, was connected to various types of terminals, including the VT52. This terminal setup provided an interactive and more user-friendly way to interact with the PDP-7 , making the development process more efficient and accessible.
  • The availability of terminals like the VT52 played a role in shaping the early Unix environment and its user interface. It had a 24x80 character display, which could show 24 rows and 80 columns of text characters. It featured a keyboard with a standard QWERTY layout. However, its keyboard layout and number of keys were basic compared to later models. It supported the ASCII character set, like the VT100, allowing it to display text and control codes based on the ASCII standard. It could display simple graphics, though it was primarily designed for text-based applications. Many VT52 terminals featured a parallel printer port for printing output.
  • The availability of modern keyboards and terminals played a significant role in the development of Unix and the C programming language. Here’s how these factors influenced the development:
    • Interactivity and User-Friendly Interfaces: Unix was designed with the goal of creating an interactive and user-friendly operating system. The availability of terminals with full keyboards made it possible for users and developers to interact with Unix in a more intuitive and efficient way compared to earlier computer systems that relied on punch cards or teletype terminals. This interactivity facilitated the development process.
    • Portability: The C programming language, developed alongside Unix, was designed to be highly portable and platform-independent. This was made possible, in part, by the availability of terminals with standardized ASCII keyboards, which allowed for consistent input methods across different computer systems. This contributed to the ease with which C programs could be written and compiled on different machines.
    • Text Processing and Editing: Modern keyboards made text processing and code editing more efficient. Unix included powerful text processing tools like ed, ex, and eventually vi , which took advantage of the capabilities of modern terminals and keyboards for text manipulation. These tools became integral to the Unix development process.
    • Collaboration: The availability of terminals and keyboards allowed for easier collaboration among Unix developers. Multiple people could work on Unix and C simultaneously, sharing and editing code on the same system, thanks to the interactive nature of the terminal interface.
    • Efficiency and Productivity: Modern keyboards and terminals improved the efficiency and productivity of developers, which was critical in the rapid development of Unix and C. The ability to write, test, and modify code quickly on these systems was a significant advantage.
  • In summary, while modern keyboards and terminals weren’t the sole factors behind the success of Unix and C, they certainly played a crucial role in enabling the interactivity, portability, and efficiency that are associated with these technologies. They were part of a broader technological ecosystem that allowed Unix and C to thrive and become foundational elements of modern computing.
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Barter is by definition a coincidental bilateral value exchange. With gold, we discovered multilateral trade. For example in barter, one must exchange the value one on one. With authenticity of spoken word (a promise) we could shift the coincidence across time though it was prone to errors and the added anxiety that counterparty may not honour the promise. With gold this problem of “trust” got taken care of. We could convert a commodity into gold and later or at the same time, trade gold with someone else.

  • Since then , our current economic system is multilateral. With bitcoin, we envisage to solve another problem - how do we enable our AI models - our reflections in cyberspace space - to exchange value without having to seek our permission.
  • Within current paradigm of multiplicity, we only solve the problem of time though the deal still remains between two entities - between two humans or two legal constructs. For example, even if we set up a self split prism, someone still needs to set up the split rules and another single party still needs to pay into the prism.
  • With value exchange empowered and autonomous AIs, we make the deal truly multilateral. For example, in the future, I may be able to set up many AI models that provide my skills in exchange for value.
  • These models may be set up in narratives at different times. However, we still need to figure out those rules. For example if an AI model that reflects me in a virtual space of say 1980, should have equal access to my current wealth ? Or should it have only that much wealth that I had in 1980? What if I set up my reflection before my physical birth or in future ?
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Ground work for the written word :

  • improvements in the language model to support scribing. For example, there was no concept of punctuation in the “speech only” world -> The written language needed a stronger syntax.
  • extension of phonemes to capture the true essence of spoken sounds. Cave scribing was mostly pictorial and thus inefficient to convey abstract ideas. Vaidik Sanskrit was expanded to accommodate around eighty sounds. -> Abstraction is key to expanding the “thought”. Thought is the virtual environment of first order.
  • development of writing apparatus such as palm leaves, ink, and quills. The apparatus must be easy to handle for mass adoption; and the print must last long enough. The simple argument was - if a script didn’t last longer than a human life then the effort was pointless - the writer could very well speak the ideas when needed -> Persistence is a requirement of storage. Storage leads to perpetuity.
  • triggering a self-sustaining and censor resistant pay back model around scribing. Yes, “scribing” was declared downright demonic ! Many reciters believed wisdom could never be locked in written symbols. Fears were not misplaced though - they could see a more versatile variant of humans on the horizon -> Think about all the brouhaha we have around AI safety 15these days!
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Vyasa executed the compilation of the Bharata, exclusive of the episodes originally in twenty-four thousand verses; and so much only is called by the learned as the Bharata. Afterwards, he composed an epitome in one hundred and fifty verses, consisting of the introduction with the chapter of contents. This he first taught to his son Suka; and afterwards he gave it to others of his disciples who were possessed of the same qualifications. After that he executed another compilation, consisting of sixty hundred thousand verses. Of those, thirty hundred thousand are known in the world of the Devas; fifteen hundred thousand in the world of the Pitris: fourteen hundred thousand among the Gandharvas, and one hundred thousand in the regions of mankind. Narada recited them to the Devas, Devala to the Pitris, and Suka published them to the Gandharvas, Yakshas, and Rakshasas: and in this world they were recited by Vaisampayana, one of the disciples of Vyasa, a man of just principles and the first among all those acquainted with the Vedas. Extracted from Mahabharata - Translated by Kisari Mohan Ganguli

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It is an established thought that the spoken word evolved as a strategy for survival. Herds of animals started using spoken word to alarm fellow beings at first sighting of a predator. A call to act immediately. Survival was manifested in the immediate action.

  • Predators soon copied the technique. A lion would roar at the center of a jungle to make animals run aimlessly. A lioness would catch one at the river. A delayed action, but the promise was lioness would feed the cubs and also lion would get a majority stake in meal. A transfer of value was first established among the robbers 🤖
  • In Vaidik culture story of Hiranyakashipu is famous. Hiran is word for deer - the ultimate survivor for its long legs. Through meditation on spoken word, Hiranyakashipu sought survival forever. No one should be able to kill him - neither in day, nor at night ; neither a human nor an animal; neither inside his abode nor outside ; neither lying low on earth nor flying high. Having received such powers, Hiranyakashipu assumed he himself was god because he had won the death. He wanted everyone to pray him except his own son Prahlad wouldn’t give in.
  • Predators approached Vishnu for Hiranyakashipu was the new god. He was bent on killing his own son if he didn’t comply to his preaching, for his word was absolute safety for all his followers. No predator could kill Hiranyakashipu to save Prahlad. The lord then incarnated as a Lion-Human (Nar-Singh) - a lion from waist up walking on two human legs. Lord was neither human nor animal. He killed Hiranyakashipu at the door of his home - neither in nor outside. He held him flat on his knees - neither on earth nor in flight. He taught predators to be thoughtful. Plan your action with thought rather than act on absolute impulses of word.
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Code is an abstraction over our thoughts:-

  • A simple computer program is a narrative that follows a logical story line within constraints of a programming language. We allow certain parameters as variables. Typically, these variables are user inputs. Based on the variables, the thought machine (computer program) comes out with different outputs. In essence, the computer program allows us to visualize different scenarios of a narrative - just the way thought allows us to visualize different scenarios of our physical actions (past or future).
  • An advanced program such as a video game may take the user into different narratives based on the variable choices.
  • Computers help us in the sense that the narrative gets fixed and scenarios are different angles of the same narrative. It solves a problem for us that our minds keep changing the narratives and scenarios simultaneously leading to phenomenon called emotions. Emotions take hold when we are unable to analyse all the possible scenarios of all the possible narratives for a given situation - may be because we run short on to compute or time. In the realm of AI , emotions are called hallucinations.
  • hallucinations may be mitigated with reinforced learning just the way we can overcome emotional outbursts through practice. Very useful if you try public speaking - first time we hallucinate :-)
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The word “divine” might sound like a religious myth to a modern reader; but it’s not. For example our modern AI models are well capable of writing an article. Arguably they may be able to write a complete book on any topic of choice. But they all need a prompt. No AI model writes a poem on its own. In that parlance, the “prompt” that we give to chatGPT is a divine trigger for the large language model. Future models will sure have capability to decide if the prompt is worthy or not.

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Poorna-avatar - The eighth incarnation

  • In Vaidik framework, Vishnu is the manifestative potency of knowledge. It manifests, from the smallest particle to the biggest universe, through it’s eightfold basic nature. It is said to attain full invocation of all facets of eight-fold nature in the eighth incarnation. Thus, eighth incarnation Krsna is the full embodiment of knowledge.
  • Krsna is also called Krishna in north India in which case his first name is same as the author of Mahabharata — Krishna Dwaipaiyana. Was it a sweet coincidence or is there something more to it? Many religious historians have described Krsna as many faced God. Their belief is Krsna represents an ideology. Anyone who fully subscribed to its tenets was first-named Krishna. This appears an appropriate deduction for the immensity for roles that Krishna played in the epic and hundreds of other scriptures. For example there is a Krishna who played with Gopies inBraj - one who played magical flute. Then there is one who built Dwarika - a magical town in mid-sea on the coast of Gujaraat. And then we all know of the masterful raconteur who endowed the knowledge to Arjuna - Bhagwat Gita in the middle of the biggest war.
  • Another sweet coincidence is the unit of measure for gold - a Krishnala. It means related to or instituted by Krishna. A Krishnala was equal to one Ratti of gold, around one tenth of a gram. The popular unit for trading gold was Satamana (= 100 Krishnala), which is equal to modern day Tola (around 11 grams of gold including impurities). In essence Krishna laid down the first unit of measurement as well as currency.
  • Ninth incarnation (Buddha) is to extend the universe through messages of peace, harmony and equanimity; while tenth incarnation is to move the consciousness into a new universe through machine tools and automation (Kalki)
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Immortal Eight

  • In Hindu scriptures, there are frequent mentions of eight Chiranjeevies. The literal meaning is the one who lives for very long time such that they may be seen as immortals. Among them are Ved Vyasa, Parshu Rama, Ashwathama, Vibishana, Krupacharya, Hanumaan, Mahabali and Markandeya.
  • The idea of immortality is a metaphor for the work they did. For example Parshuram wielded an axe. The axe is a symbol of tools. It is believed that Parshuram is immortal in tools we use to date no matter how sophisticated our machines got from that primordial time. Similarly, Ved Yyasa Dwaipayana is immortal for the literature he created and also the most important tool of the trade - transcription.
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Sanskrit Grammar

  • Maha-Bharata is believed to be before Panini, who first standardized the Sanskrit Grammar. Panini's grammar — Ashtadhyayi has references to Maha-Bharata that indicate that it was written much later. And the flavor of Sanskrit is sure not same as that of Panini. Dwaipayana's Sanskrit is called Vaidik Sanskrit.
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Siva

  • Siva is the highest state of consciousness. Evolution of knowledge eventually reaches a state where ‘knowledge’ is absolute. This is the state of knowledge where Vishnu manifests, at the same time it gets a mirror image for observation. The mirror image of manifested Vishnu is Siva. Siva is answer to Vishnu's question - who am I? This potency thus, maintains the systems to support equilibrium of Bramh. In other words, Siva governs the knowledge field.
  • Siva is seen as a potency of discretion that chooses to observe only one (manifested) state of Vishnu, it discards all other possibilities. These three protocols (Bramh, Visnu and Siva) are scale-invariant. They are omnipresent — from a subatomic particle to galaxies and beyond. While all three span the entire universe, only Vishnu is potent enough to incarnate.
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The Elephant God

  • Ganesa is the deity of intelligence. The legend says that Ma Parvati - wife of Siva, created a humanoid from her skin scrub. Siva unhappy with the limited intelligence of this humanoid (as he couldn’t even contextualize that Siva was Parvati's husband), implanted an elephant head on him to invoke superior intelligence. An elephant has three times the number of neurons versus a human brain.
  • To compare with current largest artificial intelligence systems, a human brain is around 300 times the size of the largest neural networks of our time such as GPT3. Thus, Ganesa has around 1000x natural(not artificial) intelligence versus the largest of our AIs! In a way superior intelligence was put to use in first mega transcription project - from spoken word to written text. It seems like a fun coincidence that we need AIs to harvest the written knowledge in digital realm.
  • In Hindu tradition, it is considered auspicious to remember Ganesa at the initiation of any major project. He is known to be the biggest problem solver, obviously on account of his superior intelligence.
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Vishnu Purana…

  • Spoken by Maharishi Parasara, Vishnu Purana (the gem of Puranas) was later scribed into text by his son Krishna Dwaipayana. Purana means ancient stories. Vishnu Purana is thus ancient stories of Vishnu - One of the three primal forces of existence.
  • In Vaidik framework of Indian mythology, God is not a person. It is a combination of three basic protocols. The protocol that turns knowledge into manifested conscious beings when certain conditions are met, is known as Vishnu. Each of the manifested beings has a separate set of conditions required to manifest. In that, a mosquito is different from a snake. Hence, Vishnu is the collection of templates of creation.
  • In his idol image, Vishnu is normally shown to bear the universal continuum Chakra on his finger. The incarnations of Vishnu, lead the life to higher state of consciousness. For example, the first incarnation of Vishnu, Matsya Avtara a fish, symbolizes the conscious growth when living beings moved from water to solid earth. His second incarnation was Kurma a turtle depicting the ability of conscious beings to stay and live long on Earth. The ten incarnations of Vishnu are called Dashavataras . They are compared to evolution; Kurma - the amphibian - is regarded as the next stage after Matysa, the fish. Here is the detailed evolutionary interpretation.
  • The other two primal forces (potencies of knowledge) are Bramha and Siva. It is important to mention that while all three have their respective representations (in idols) in the human form, only Vishnu may physically incarnate in living form. Obviously, because Vishnu is the science of manifestation. It must present reference examples. Bramh and Siva never incarnate in the physical world.
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AI is still in its early days, and we already see calls for regulation not only from nation states but also from large corporations. No wonder open AI turned closed source :-) Such pressures are going to increase many fold as we combine AI with next gen automation. It is not hard to imagine independent AI based attempts to improve productivity are barred from existing value exchange systems (fiat currencies). In such a scenario, truly open AIs must have a permission-less, censor resistant and immutable value exchange system. Such a system must be beyond the need of “Trust” in institutions that are anyway trying to establish control. Instead, “Trust” must be based on open code. Bitcoin is such a reference system.

  • as a direct fallout such independent AIs must subscribe to the core philosophy - permission less and censor resistant flow of information. Nostr is a reference implementation of such a model.
  • Thus, two types of emergent AI systems -> Ones that are controlled - permissioned and censored. And others that are permission-less and uncensored. In essence the war of ideology transitions from physical to digital universe.
  • In Vaidik parlance Permission-less and censor resistant stands for “open to all without any controls” and “for benefit of everyone who wanted to participate” - Vasudhaiv Kutumbkum (entire earth is a family). This ideology was termed Sanatana - means one that has no beginning and no end - ever present. The underlying value exchange model of Sanatana is based on Karma - work for a specific skill. And the measure of Karma is in proof of work - Vikarma. Sanatana believes in immutable divine record of Karma in universal machine - an immutable ledger of one’s actions. The underlying ideology is called Karm Yoga.

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