Rick Archer of Buddha at the Gas Pump has been adding the transcripts of his interviews and panels to a custom AI bot to make this content more accessible. It’s hosted by the non-profit ServiceSpace. This will include both of my interviews and panels.
ServiceSpace is a global service organization run entirely by volunteers, and with a spiritual foundation.
In discussion, ServiceSpace became aware of my site and created the DavidyaBot to ask questions of my blog. They host a growing variety of bots. It’s still considered experimental, but can be very useful.
The DavidyaBot now includes all my articles, transcripts of the videos I host, and my first book, Our Natural Potential.
The bot makes an excellent conversational-style search tool. However, you can’t take the Response as gospel as it can garble a little while summarizing.
If this is your first time in, there’s a free registration.
Once logged in, click the DavidyaBot link.
Then you’ll see the DavidyaBot welcome screen. Type your question at the bottom and it will quickly start “typing” a response. You can then continue the conversation or start a new topic.
Rick has used his for answering the questions he gets. Another is using hers to draft weekly sermons.
Below the response are links to the main articles it used (except for the book), and a Public link if you’d like to share the bot’s response.
In the left menu is links to your prior conversations.
The bot will use up to 15 sources, but just the top 3 are listed. The bot will have more sources for topics that have been discussed more frequently vs those that were only covered once.
The service behaves much like ChatGPT, but is focused on spiritual and service content. It will use the Davidya blog and my book to respond, through the filter of my credo (my principles and approach). But it won’t all be my wording. Apparently, if you type your question in another language, it will respond in the same language. However, you are then adding a translation layer to the interpretation.
If you ask questions outside the scope of the blog, like for a weekly menu plan* or a movie review, it will draw from the larger Internet.
Unlike Google or a similar search engine, you’ll get a newly created topic summary, with links to primary sources. Follow the links for details. Don’t take the bot’s response as fully accurate. Sometimes, it taps into older, less developed articles of mine too.
The bot is a completely different animal than the blog. The blog is a series of linear, individual posts that are cross-linked. The bot is all of it together. Distinct vs simultaneous.
Buckminster Fuller called the latter Synergetics. “Synergetics is the empirical study of systems in transformation, with an emphasis on whole system behaviors unpredicted by the behavior of any components in isolation.”
If you click on the Bot name top left, it will take you back to the bots home screen. You’ll see a list of bots like coloured buttons. BATGAP is another and includes the Davidya content. The number of bots will grow as other orgs are added.
Register (free) DavidyaBot
BatGap has produced a Users Guide for their bot, which is the on same platform and includes the dataset of this blog.
Have fun with it! And comment below on your experience.
Davidya
*eg: “Please create a weekly breakfast, lunch, and dinner menu for me using the foods: [Good foods here] But please avoid these foods in the meals: [Avoid foods here].” (A great example of what it can do.)
Last Updated on January 23, 2025 by Davidya
Note: The other bots listed are organizational. Individual bots are not listed, which is why you need the DavidyaBot link after logging in.
There is a curious sense of completeness to have all the work complied into a wholeness…
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This is cool. Is there a possibility to have the bot integrated directly into the site, perhaps by tagging it in a comment?
Is there a cut off date for when it was trained (like GPT 3.5) or are new posts automatically added to it?
Hi G
We experimented with putting the bot into a frame on another site and it didn’t work properly. This will come. Also, currently all posts and content are treated equally, so a short quote is given the same weight as the entire book. Ditto older and newer posts. So they’ll be adding size and time weighting to improve quality.
It’s up to date, except this post. I’ll add new posts manually at the moment. But this just takes a minute with the URL.
The Davidya content is included in the BATGAP bot, with more to come. And the ServiceSpace one includes them all. So you can try broadest reach, or stick with my site.
There is also a link to trying the same question on ChatGPT itself. I’ve found this sometimes enhances the result and sometimes is very weak. Once it even had nothing to say.
BATGAP has put it in a frame, but it’s a little small.
https://batgap.com/batgapbot/
Also, there is a link in the Links section on the right sidebar.
Click once to get a login, log in, then click it a second time to get the Davidya Bot.
I hope to see that refined in time.
ServiceSpace is a pretty interesting organization.
I just tried it. It works! Look forward to playing with it some more. Well done and thanks. However, your own space didn’t show up when I just opened the main bot itself As it only showed me ricks space and a couple of others. I had to click the link from this page to get to your space. Hope that makes sense.
Hi Harriet
Yes, there is that extra step. The visible bots are “organizations”. There are also a batch of “personal” bots that are not displayed to avoid cluttering the screen.
You can click the link to get the login, them click it again to get my bot. It will become more sophisticated in time. But because it offers a whole new way to access the content, I wanted to bring it to you sooner.
Thank you, D, for letting us know that this is legit, and that you approve and support. Without your endorsement, many of us would consider this suspect even as much as we all love Rick. With you on-board, though, it feels right, and you’ve saved a lot of us much angst.
Hi George
Yes, it’s more than legit. ServiceSpace is a pretty remarkable organization and it’s a blessing to get a tool like this. I’ve become involved with their volunteer “fellows” too, who discuss ways of being in service to the world. (And how to use the bot)
Explore their site for more:
https://www.servicespace.org/
Plot twist: we’ve been talking to Davidya Bot all these years and the real David is on a beach somewhere…
Plot twist: I do live on the beach. But the bot is new. 🙂
(a west coast Canadian beach that’s rocky.)
Update: Apparently, if you type your question in another language, it will respond in the same language. However, you are then adding a translation layer to the interpretation.
More updates added to the blog, including one click access now. Click the bot link, login, and you’ll get the Davidya bot.
It works great and I really enjoyed it. It felt like a real conversation. For example, it even said “Definitely!” at one point, instead of just “yes”. Its answers were clear and helpful. On a technical note, in a couple of cases it showed a bit of computer code, like this: br/> and then />) but overall it was excellent: interesting and useful. Thanks!
Great, Jo. Thanks for the feedback.
That’s incomplete web formatting code. Have not seen that myself. Thanks for mentioning it.
so, i type “i want to go on a date with davidya ”
As an AI developed by OpenAI, I am not Davidya Buckland and do not have the authority to schedule personal engagements for him. It is recommended to reach out to him directly via his social media platforms, email or through his official website. Please make sure to approach with respect and sincerity.
(ha ha)
Did you hear the one about An AI walks in a bar..
(laughs) Glad it didn’t try to schedule something without my knowing!
Why aren’t boats equipped with Artificial Intelligence?
Nobody wants to get on a thinking ship.
What does current AI identify as?
If/Then.
What is an AI’s favorite music?
Algorhythms.
I put ‘An AI walks into a bar’ into it and it clearly has no sense of humour. But it also said:
“Stories like these are intriguing and tickle our imagination, yet it’s important to remember that even though AI can mimic conversation and understand patterns, its ‘experience’ is fundamentally different from human experience. No matter how sophisticated the programming, an AI’s interaction with the world lacks the depth and richness of a sentient being’s life. It is a fascinating tool and a testament to human creativity, but it remains just that – a tool, not a conscious entity.”
Some background on the ServiceSpace bot development. This is why I support it.
https://ai.servicespace.org/about/
Best of Davidya so far, i can ask anything without emailing you..lol…
Thank you david
Exactly, NP. 🙂
Nipun Mehta, the founder of ServiceSpace, on what’s different about their approach and why it matters. Heart Intelligence.
https://player.vimeo.com/video/873636334?h=e025c544c3
BatGap has posted a Users Guide for their bot, which is on the same platform as mine and includes my work.
https://steel-foe-7dd.notion.site/BatGapBot-Guide-f6b9a5fde4b64ad4a524b3352be545bd
I consolidated the updates into the article.
Thank you so much for this AI bot. I woke up as a teenager, and I’ve been trying to understand what happened, how far I got, and clean up a lot of gaps and misunderstandings. I didn’t know I was awake until recently, because people always describe things in comparison to before the false self dropping away. I did recently find what might be my “false self” moment. It’s in 9th grade. Time froze, and my system said that everything was a dream. Not a ton different than earlier years when I suspected the world didn’t continue outside my vision. Also, I didn’t think this moment was awesome.
On your blog today, I learned that there are Oneness empaths. That describes what happened to me as a teenager. I generally say that I used to feel people’s karma. And that would help me understand them. Though a system in motion is not at all the same as the snapshot of standing in someone’s energy and feeling the weight of it. There’s just a ton of things I refuse to do now, because I feel like I got burned a lot from a variety of sources. I’m working on that.
So I’ve been asking the bot questions that I wouldn’t normally ask, because the responses take up too much of someone’s time. And I don’t want to fumble around trying to ask a question. Thus far, I can tell that I got to Atman and God Realization. I’ve forgotten a lot, and every time I clearly remember stuff, I have to clean up trauma. I’ve also noted that I cannot remember things if my sort of energetic radius isn’t the same size. I have mental pictures, and conditioning that I made with God and Jesus, but those are like clues.
I’ve been watching a lot of Lorn Hoff, thanks to a friend hearing you talk about him and recommending him to my book club. That’s someone I understand. With Lorn’s help, I’ve found Atman is different this time. The bot had a wonderful response to my question about that.
Thank you so much for this treasure trove of work available on your site and via the bot.
Hi Crystie
Thanks for the feedback. Sounds like you’ve had some amazing experiences.
A few points – if you had a shift in being in your teen years, you probably found it unstable as the physiology is still growing and changing. We can certainly have big openings, but it’s difficult to be abiding until the mid-20s. Although there are occasional exceptions. Also, note the distinction between having an experience (that comes and goes) and having an established shift in being.
The sense of world as a dream is related to the dominant energy quality (guna) of our physiology. It may come with an awakening or prior. And yes, the transitions are not always easy, especially if you’re young and have no context. But it gets much better as you ground the shift and heal.
Empath gifts are another thing again, something we’re born with but often get suppressed as a coping mechanism. This more closely relates to the dominant guna. And yes, learning to control empath merges is important. Just be careful the route isn’t suppression but conscious management instead.
The bot can be a little “creative” in its summarizing, so don’t take it as gospel. You can follow the Source links back to the original articles for the important stuff.
And yes, as we open, it brings our shadows and trauma to light. This can seem like a never-ending process, but it does evolve and get easier. Memory is also related to the kosha or layer we’re on. Mental memories vs emotional memories vs physical ones. They can be intertwined too, of course.
And yes, it’s not so much that Atman changes but our relationship with it evolves. And can change significantly with stage shifts. Consciousness doesn’t evolve – we evolve in our relationship to it.
This was a so much helpful information. Thank you so much.
I better go read about gunas next. Usually when I can bring myself to be alright with non-doership, it feels like a dream. I haven’t heard other people say that, so I find less willingness for that. Although you said that it gets better as you heal. And I have found that atman is different now compared to when I was a teen and later. It used to be like a lot like cosmic space. Now it feels like golden clouds or heaven on earth.
Many blessings to you, David.
Crystie
I’ve written about the gunas in various ways, for example,
https://davidya.ca/2018/05/28/the-origin-of-fundamental-qualities-gunas/
or
https://davidya.ca/2008/08/15/innate-vs-illusion/
And yes, seeing the world as like a dream is a common step in the process.
And yes, those differences come from refinement.