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Peter D. Hershock is director of the Asia Studies Development Program and coordinator of the Humane AI Initiative at the East-West Center in Honolulu, Hawaii. His philosophical work makes use of Buddhist conceptual resources to address contemporary issues of global concern. His published works include Buddhism and Intelligent Technology: Toward a More Humane Future (2021), Human Being or Human Becomings? A Conversation with Confucianism on the Concept of Person (2021, edited with Roger T. Ames), and Consciousness Mattering: A Buddhist Synthesis (2023).