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SUMMARY:Zen Lab: Zen & AI Technology in Service of Human Flourishing
DESCRIPTION:Join us for our monthly Zen Lab—a community exploring the intersection of Zen\, technology\, and working life in Silicon Valley. \nFree admission\, no need to register  \nZOOM LINK \nWilliam Thomas\n​This month\, Rev. William Thomas will lead the discussion. He is a Sōtō Zen priest\, founder of Zen Lab\, and researcher exploring the dialogue between contemplative practice and psychology. His work explores how Zen can support leadership\, innovation\, and well-being in Silicon Valley’s technology workplace. \n​William is also the founder of the Dharma Bridge Project\, an international interdisciplinary research initiative exploring the intersection of Buddhist contemplative traditions\, psychology\, and neuroscience. \n​Drawing on more than a decade of Zen practice\, his training under Les Kaye\, a renowned Sōtō Zen teacher\, former IBM executive\, and pioneer of bringing Zen into Silicon Valley’s professional culture\, William will explore how Zen can inform the future of AI and what it means to build technology in service of human flourishing. \n​The evening includes: \n​🧘 A 10-minute silent meditation \n​🎤 A talk exploring the evening’s theme \n​💬 An open group discussion \n​🍵 Tea\, snacks\, and informal conversation \n​Join us at Kannon Do Zen Meditation Center\, a historic space that has quietly welcomed many of Silicon Valley’s innovators\, including Steve Jobs. \nSchedule: \n6:30pm Intro to meditation \n6:45pm Short sitting \n7:00pm Talk \n7:30pm Discussion \n8:00pm Wrap up \n  \n 
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SUMMARY:Zen Work Lab - Paul Teyssier
DESCRIPTION:Join us for our monthly discussion about Zen and work on Tuesday June 30.   \nFree admission\, no need to register  \nPaul Teyssier\nThis month\, our guest speaker is Paul Teyssier. Paul is currently leading Product & Design at Cohere\, Canada’s answer to OpenAI. Previously\, he led product at Front\, and served as president of Superhuman\, the high-performance email company. His perspective on AI and tech is especially valuable because he approaches it not as a research trend\, but as a product and business transformation: how AI becomes trusted\, usable infrastructure inside real organizations. His approach is informed by his decades of meditation and yoga practice.   \nPaul will talk about how his practice of zen shaped his vision of AI and how the two influence each other.  \nSchedule: \n6:30pm Intro to meditation \n6:45pm Short sitting \n7:00pm Talk \n7:30pm Discussion \n8:00pm Wrap up \n  \n 
URL:https://kannondo.org/event/zen-work-lab-paul-teyssier/
CATEGORIES:Zen Work Lab
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SUMMARY:Zen Work Lab - Zen & AI with Oliver Zahn
DESCRIPTION:Join us for our monthly discussion about Zen and work.  \nFree admission\, no need to register  \nZen & AI with Oliver Zahn\n \nThis month\, our guest speaker is Oliver Zahn\, a physicist who previously led research at UC Berkeley’s Center for Cosmological Physics and later served as Head of Data Science at Google. He is currently building a new AI company. \nA lifelong Zen practitioner\, Oliver brings a rare perspective at the intersection of deep practice and technological innovation. \nOliver will talk about how his practice of zen shaped his vision of AI and how AI can be used for benefits of mankind.  \nSchedule: \n6:30pm Intro to meditation \n6:45pm Short sitting \n7:00pm Talk \n7:30pm Discussion \n8:00pm Wrap up \n  \n 
URL:https://kannondo.org/event/zen-work-lab-zen-ai-with-oliver-zahn/
CATEGORIES:Zen Work Lab
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SUMMARY:Zen Work Lab - Talk about Zen\, Work and AI
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the first in a series of monthly discussions about Zen and work.  \nFree admission\, no need to register  \nWho’s in the Kitchen? Zen\, Work\, and AI Slop\nYou’ve all seen the LinkedIn post that performs insight without containing any. In 1237\, Dogen wrote instructions for the monastery cook\, arguing that how you prepare a meal is inseparable from your responsibility to the people eating it. Eight centuries later\, AI gives us the ability to produce work that looks like care without any care having occurred. \nPhilippe Alexis will use Dogen to explore how AI can make us careless. He has been practicing Zen mediation and yoga for the past 30 years. He is on the board of Kannon Do. Professionally\, he is the CEO of nodiamonds.com and is currently building an AI-powered UX Audit called UXguru.  \nSchedule: \n6:30 Intro to meditation \n6:45 Short sitting \n7:00 Talk \n7:30 Discussion \n8:00 Wrap up
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