# Presence, soul and AI. A conversation with Ben R Smith

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Podcast: [The Realisation Festival Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-realisation-festival-podcast-7072015)
Published: 2025-06-05T15:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

Understanding AI has is a recurrent challenge. Should we be afraid or more sanguine or some combination of the two? Ben is a good person to talk to as he works in the front line of AI developments and is alert to the wonder and complexity of things. He found the Realisation Festival through the work of figures such as Iain McGilchrist and John Verveake and brings their insights to bear upon his work and sense of things. In this conversation, he discusses his own story of moving from a mechani...

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