TL;DR Four insightful words during this age of AI that many use interchangeably: Inference is how intelligence moves beyond what is immediately known. Three types of inference: Induction learns rules from repeated experience. Deduction applies rules to particular cases. Abduction invents rules or hypotheses that could explain what we observe. These three forms of inference … Continue reading Four Words for Reasoning in the Age of AI
Category: Just Neat Stuff
Rev. Hanamoku’s Christmas 2025 Message
🎅🎁 Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! 🎁🎅 Mrs. Hanamoku and I made Christmas cookies yesterday (today is the day after Christmas 2025). As usual, I made a few big cookies of my two friends, The Eternal Fishnu and the Rubber Ducky Buddha of Joliet. I made a sunfish representation (ocean sunfish, mola mola) of both … Continue reading Rev. Hanamoku’s Christmas 2025 Message
The Parable of My Kāhili Ginger in Boise
After 22 years, my kāhili ginger finally bloomed! But before continuing, there is an arc of a Bodhi Day message in here—it's not just about one of my gardening experiences. I brought home a small kāhili ginger (hedychium gardnerianum) rhizome from Hilo Hattie back in 2003, during a visit to my mom and other family … Continue reading The Parable of My Kāhili Ginger in Boise
Zen and “AI Slop”
What has recently been coined "AI Slop" is the endless churn of "heavily AI-assisted content" (my nice, Zen-appropriate term for AI Slop). I ran into the phenomenon of “AI Slop” while trying to figure out why the views on this site cut in half a few months ago (since July 2025). The concept isn't new. … Continue reading Zen and “AI Slop”
Merry Christmas 2024 from Rev. Dukkha Hanamoku
Merry Christmas! Many folks are surprised when I say that I consider myself a Christian ... even though I'm a Buddhist. They are sometimes offended because, for example, they don't like Christianity (or any religion) or one can't be Christian and something else at the same time. As an American, where Christian (Judeo-Christian) traditions, as … Continue reading Merry Christmas 2024 from Rev. Dukkha Hanamoku
Music Bodhi Day – Four-Year Update
I wrote a book this year. It's a fairly big book on artificial intelligence. All along, and even after it was published, people told me no one will read such a big book. I agree with them. I usually choose watching a 15 minute video over an hour video on the same subject. Better yet, … Continue reading Music Bodhi Day – Four-Year Update
Rev. Hanamoku’s Christmas 2023 Message
We are problem solvers. We're thinkers. That's the schtick of our species. We don't need to depend solely on eons of evolution to patch the holes in our life strategies. We must train our brains to think as well as train our brains to perform valuable tasks. However, society places a premium on focusing on … Continue reading Rev. Hanamoku’s Christmas 2023 Message
The Eternal Fishnu’s Favorite DALL-E Portraits
The Eternal Fishnu and I had fun playing with OpenAI's DALL-E-2 this weekend. It's very fascinating to see what he looked like during his manifestation as the ith Buddha during the Devonian. For the one person who hasn't heard of DALL-E or ChatGPT, DALL-E is an A.I. that generates images of whatever you describe and … Continue reading The Eternal Fishnu’s Favorite DALL-E Portraits
My Dharma Talk with ChatGPT
I spent many hours over the past Holiday season talking to ChatGPT. After one session, I was so impressed with its ease of use and answers that it was clear A.I. did reach a new level. It's certainly not "THE SINGULARITY", but it's now good enough - even after the current over-hype eventually fades - … Continue reading My Dharma Talk with ChatGPT
Music Theory Bodhi Day
A Year and a Half into My Guitar Journey About a year and a half into my guitar journey, I feel I made honest progress through steady, dedicated practice. I continued well beyond that proverbial 90% who gives up after a year. So I rewarded myself the equivalent of a "blue belt" by purchasing my … Continue reading Music Theory Bodhi Day
