… widening gap, Buddhism’s Eightfold Path offers an unexpectedly powerful framework for rebalancing AI: a path toward mindful, compassionate, and responsible technology. … reality as interconnected and impermanent. Applied to AI, it reminds us that algorithms do not exist in isolation; they are trained on human data, shaped by … systems mirrored back by machines. Ethical AI requires seeing the whole ecosystem (i.e., people, data, environment, and purpose) as one interdependent web. Right …