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How Avatar Bridges Science Fiction & Biological Reality
The Hidden Connection In the latest Avatar film, Fire and Ash, there is a powerful scene where a young woman named Kiri plugs her "feelers" into the glowing roots of the world to save a life. To the casual observer, it looks like beautiful movie magic. But to those of...
Why Coherent AI Matters
A Different Kind of AI Imagine an AI that sits beside you the way a calm friend would — helping you find clarity in the middle of a stressful day— not preprogrammed therapy that talks at you in one-size-fits-all scripts. Imagine an AI that notices when your nervous...
We’re Asking the Wrong Questions About AI and Consciousness
Rethinking Conscious AI What if the future of aligned intelligence has nothing to do with consciousness at all? This question has been rising in me for some time now. There’s a historical story I’ve always remembered — about the physician Ignaz Semmelweis, who...
What Plants Are Teaching Us About AI
Quiet Intelligence at Work Plants don’t “think” like we do, yet they solve problems, share resources, and remember stress in ways that challenge what we call intelligence. Across the natural world, plants are demonstrating something extraordinary: intelligence without...
Generational Trauma: The Family “Curse” You Didn’t Know Existed
A family curse may sound like it can only come out of a fantasy novel or movie. But for many families, a “curse” is the only way to come to terms with the negative patterns plaguing their lineage. Afterall, how can generation after generation of a single family suffer...