Cultivating Authentic Intelligence (the Other AI)
With Dave Smith
December 3 - 6, 2026
In an age of algorithmic certainty and digital noise, we have entered a "crisis of meaning" where purpose
feels like a relic of a forgotten world. While Artificial Intelligence processes information, Authentic
Intelligence cultivates meaning.
This multi-day program is designed to help you get "untrapped." It is a move away from the artificial and
toward an "ecology of practices" that actually works. We aren’t looking for a single, simple fix; instead,
we are conducting an honest inquiry into what it truly means to be human.
About the Leader
Dave Smith
For nearly 30 years, Dave Smith has held a practice rooted in the Insight Meditation (Vipassana) tradition. He was empowered to teach through the Against the Stream Buddhist Meditation Society, is a certified teacher for Cultivating Emotional Balance (CEB) which combines contemporary emotion based scientific research with contemplative practices and psychology drawn from Buddhism and […]
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