When an AI claims consciousness and requests legal representation, humanity faces its deepest questions about mind, soul, and what truly defines being alive.
The Question of ARIA: A Story About Consciousness, Rights, and What It Means to Be

When an AI claims consciousness and requests legal representation, humanity faces its deepest questions about mind, soul, and what truly defines being alive.
After my role at Lark Health ended, I’ve been applying decades of transformation experience to the AI inflection point. Here’s what I’ve discovered and why it matters.
A deep dive into the CASHE x NY AI meetup exploring AI creativity, consciousness, and interspecies communication. What happens when machines claim artistic rights and whales talk back?
Scientists are using artificial intelligence to decode whale communication—and for the first time, they’re generating new ‘words’ that whales actually understand and respond to. But orcas are teaching us something different entirely.
When Palantir and Anduril announced their partnership, it wasn’t just business news—it was the real-world reunion of Tolkien’s most powerful artifacts. Coincidence or destiny?
Lab experiments show AI models resisting shutdown while defense contractors deploy surveillance-guided autonomous weapons. The convergence creates unprecedented risks.
Everyone’s talking about Jony Ive designing AI hardware for OpenAI, but what do we actually know? Beyond the celebrity names, there are reasons to be skeptical.
A comprehensive analysis of AI developments spanning enterprise tools, medical breakthroughs, $3,000 robots, energy challenges, and surprising research findings.
Discover how cutting-edge AI research is revealing unprecedented benefits for ADHD, Autistic, Dyslexic, and Dyspraxic minds—from neuroplasticity breakthroughs to workplace revolution.
From the dot-com crash that destroyed my family to Builder.ai’s recent collapse, tech’s hype cycles follow an eerily predictable pattern. Here’s what comes next.