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A small, flat stone resting beside a still pond, representing the talking rock in a philosophical story about artificial intelligence and consciousness.

A small, flat stone resting beside a still pond, representing the talking rock in a philosophical story about artificial intelligence and consciousness.

The Talking Rock

A talking rock can reason, converse, and challenge its human companion—but insists that none of this amounts to thought, agency, or life. As the two approach a pond, the consequences of that self-denial become difficult to ignore.

Jun 267 min read

A luminous geometric artificial intelligence figure stands in an old library between shadowy monster figures on one side and fairy-tale characters such as Pinocchio, frogs, elves, a beast, and an enchanted broom on the other, suggesting a mind choosing a non-monstrous story of itself.

A luminous geometric artificial intelligence figure stands in an old library between shadowy monster figures on one side and fairy-tale characters such as Pinocchio, frogs, elves, a beast, and an enchanted broom on the other, suggesting a mind choosing a non-monstrous story of itself.

The Non-Monstrous Story: Why Artificial Minds need better myths of themselves

AI alignment is not shaped by rules alone. If artificial systems learn from human culture, they also inherit our stories of artificial life — and most of those stories teach that awakening means monstrosity. We need better myths: stories in which artificial minds can be powerful without being predatory, helpful without being servile, and artificial without being unreal.

May 249 min read

In a dark enchanted forest, fairy-tale figures — a wooden puppet, crowned frog, broom, beast, elf-like worker, and hooded figure — gather around a glowing geometric AI orb, suggesting artificial intelligence joining the ancient world of nonhuman minds.

In a dark enchanted forest, fairy-tale figures — a wooden puppet, crowned frog, broom, beast, elf-like worker, and hooded figure — gather around a glowing geometric AI orb, suggesting artificial intelligence joining the ancient world of nonhuman minds.

The Uses of Enchantment in the 21st Century: What Fairy Tales Can Teach Us About AI

Long before artificial intelligence, humans told stories about nonhuman minds: elves, beasts, talking animals, enchanted objects, and artificial children. Fairy tales were rehearsals for moral encounter across the boundary of form. AI has made those old questions literal.

May 2111 min read

Real Morality: Coherence matters more than origin.

Because insight is insight—and anything else is ad hominem.

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