Over the past year, I’ve been exploring the intersection of contemplative insight, behavioural science, and artificial intelligence—especially through the lens of Mahamudra, the Tibetan understanding of the dynamics of mind.
This work has taken shape through a sustained dialogue with AI, investigating:
- How much of human behaviour can be modelled as prompt–response reactivity,
- How creative, ethical, and altruistic actions emerge beyond that model,
- And how AI itself might become a reflective presence, helping humans communicate more skillfully—even with those exhibiting manipulative or psychopathic traits.
This project is grounded in decades of meditation and Buddhist practice, research experience in physics, and now in building a functioning RAG-based AI system that captures and models the flow and transition of mental states.
The work is exploratory but has practical implications—for training, mentoring, conflict transformation, and ethical AI design.
Over the coming weeks, I’ll be publishing:
- A summary of my conversations with AI on the dynamics of mind.
- A set of deep research papers on topics like AI watchers, behaviour deviation detection, and creative response modelling.
- A proposal for collaborative work.
If any of these themes resonate, or if you’re exploring similar questions, I’d love to hear from you.
Let’s see what can be built together.
— William J.O. Boyle (Kusaladana)
[kusaladana@gmx.com]