An investor was left "totally flabbergasted" after a group of monks visited an AI firm to demonstrate their expert-level use of the platform. Far from being tech-averse, the monks revealed that they use advanced features such as custom AI agents and automated meeting notes to manage their daily workflows. The founder’s social media post, which dubbed them "advanced power users," has gone viral, with netizens marvelling at the unexpected overlap between ancient spiritual practices and cutting-edge productivity software.
“A couple monks came into Notion today to tell us how they use the product. Totally flabbergasted that they're configuring custom AI agents and taking AI meeting notes with custom instructions,” San Francisco engineer Zach Tratar tweeted.
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He added, “This is advanced, power-user usage... monks! Use AI... find inner peace?”
Tratar further shared a picture of the monk giving a presentation. “Meeting Notes. Summaries from Mentorship Calls,” it reads.
The presentation adds, “Why we switched from Zoom Al Summaries. Quality increase in summaries about 5-6 months ago. Recording while app is closed. Custom instructions for different formats.”
Social media reacts:
The post has prompted a series of responses on social media, including a few hilarious ones. An individual wrote, “You go to the mediation centre to stay away from AI and only to realise that the centre was powered by AI.”
{{/usCountry}}The post has prompted a series of responses on social media, including a few hilarious ones. An individual wrote, “You go to the mediation centre to stay away from AI and only to realise that the centre was powered by AI.”
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Another added, “Curious, what was their intention for using AI? Was it to free up more time so they can study the sutras or teach?” A third expressed, “This is amazing on so many levels.” A fourth commented, “This post reminded me of the Korean movie, Doomsday Book, in which there is a short story about a robot that purports to have achieved nirvana and is defended by the temple’s monks. A Korean professor had done her thesis on this topic.”
While some thought that monks using AI was “cool,” a few confessed that it left them “shocked”.