Listen "Jack Kornfield – Heart Wisdom 193 – Mindfulness & A.I. w/ Sam Altman Of ChatGPT & Soren Gordhamer"
Episode Synopsis
Jack joins CEO of OpenAI's ChatGPT, Sam Altman, onstage with Soren Gordhamer at Wisdom 2.0 to talk artificial intelligence, spirituality, ethics, and the future of humanity.
Today's podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Click to receive 10% off your first month with your own licensed professional therapist: betterhelp.com/heartwisdom
"What are people going to do in the post-A.I. world when we all have tremendous resources, we've solved a lot of inequities in the world, and we have a lot of time on our hands? Well, there are a lot of people who need a lot of spiritual practice, and we're gonna have that time." – Sam Altman
In this episode, Jack, Sam, and Soren explore:
- How A.I. technology will impact our world and the future of humanity
- The ways Sam's meditation practice is influencing his tech career
- Potential benefits and pitfalls of opening artificial intelligence onto the world
- If we can instill values, ethics, and morals into A.I.
- How Sam created OpenAI to allow a collective democratic process for how A.I. evolves
- Does artificial intelligence technology have a sense of self?
- Learning how humanity can best utilize these evolving tools
- How A.I. can aid our spiritual practice
"We really are in all this together. We are talking about things that will effect a lot of us, our children, grandchildren, climate, and other things we are concerned about. For me, this conversation, this openness to say, 'This is us' – it's not Sam, it's not a small group of people – it's something we need to hold, work with, and collaborate on together. It's not somebody else; it's us." – Jack Kornfield
Sam Altman is the co-founder and CEO of OpenAI and ChatGPT
Soren Gordhamer is the founder of Wisdom 2.0
Today's podcast is sponsored by BetterHelp. Click to receive 10% off your first month with your own licensed professional therapist: betterhelp.com/heartwisdom
"What are people going to do in the post-A.I. world when we all have tremendous resources, we've solved a lot of inequities in the world, and we have a lot of time on our hands? Well, there are a lot of people who need a lot of spiritual practice, and we're gonna have that time." – Sam Altman
In this episode, Jack, Sam, and Soren explore:
- How A.I. technology will impact our world and the future of humanity
- The ways Sam's meditation practice is influencing his tech career
- Potential benefits and pitfalls of opening artificial intelligence onto the world
- If we can instill values, ethics, and morals into A.I.
- How Sam created OpenAI to allow a collective democratic process for how A.I. evolves
- Does artificial intelligence technology have a sense of self?
- Learning how humanity can best utilize these evolving tools
- How A.I. can aid our spiritual practice
"We really are in all this together. We are talking about things that will effect a lot of us, our children, grandchildren, climate, and other things we are concerned about. For me, this conversation, this openness to say, 'This is us' – it's not Sam, it's not a small group of people – it's something we need to hold, work with, and collaborate on together. It's not somebody else; it's us." – Jack Kornfield
Sam Altman is the co-founder and CEO of OpenAI and ChatGPT
Soren Gordhamer is the founder of Wisdom 2.0
More episodes of the podcast Be Here Now Network
Integrating Meditation and Psychotherapy with Tucker Peck, Ph.D. & Raghu Markus | Mindrolling Ep.619
08/11/2025
Ep. 309 – Love Binds All Things: What We Can Do to Help the World with Prof. Rajiv S. Joshi
05/11/2025
Bringing Stories to Life with Animator-Producers Jonathan and Miya Eden | CSM Podcast Ep. 60
04/11/2025
Psychedelic Peer Support with Joshua White & Jackie Dobrinska BHNN | Guest Podcast Ep. 230
30/10/2025
Ep. 186 – Bowing at the Feet of God
23/10/2025
ZARZA We are Zarza, the prestigious firm behind major projects in information technology.