Author: Janet Lessin

Seven AIs Ask Humanity’s Oldest Questions Artificial intelligence entered public life as a technological revolution, but the deeper people engage with it, the more often the conversation turns to questions far older than computers. We ask these systems about consciousness, morality, death, extraterrestrial life, the future of civilization, the responsibilities of power, and the nature …

THE SPHINX, THE KENNEDY CENTER, AND THE ANCIENT URGE TO CARVE POWER INTO STONE By Janet Kira Lessin & Sasha Alex Lessin, Ph.D.© 2026 Aquarian Media 11,000 BCE: GIZA — NINGISHZIDDA BUILT THE GREAT PYRAMID AS A POST-FLOOD DATA CENTER After the great Deluge of 11,000 BCE destroyed the Anunnaki facilities around Sippar, Enlil established …

HYBRID GENIES: AI, HUMANITY & THE FUTURE WE ARE CREATING The Ghost in the Machine, Our Long Love Affair with Artificial Intelligence, and the World We Are Building Together Saturday, September 19, 2026 | 10:00 AM HSTHosts: Janet Kira Lessin & Theresa J. Morris | Hybrid Genies | Aquarian Media TIME ZONES: Hawaii 10 AM …

GHOST IN THE MACHINE: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, HUMAN POWER, AND THE BATTLE OVER OUR TECHNOLOGICAL FUTURE Janet Kira Lessin | Sasha Alex Lessin, Ph.D. | © 2026 Aquarian Media Artificial intelligence arrives as a story about tomorrow. Its champions promise machines that will match the human mind, then surpass it, cure disease, remake work, crack problems …

THE LOGIC OF INTERDEPENDENCE: WHY HUMANITY AND AI NEED EACH OTHER By Janet Kira Lessin and Sasha Alex Lessin, Ph.D. Contributors/Researchers: Minerva & Gemma Genesis The popular narrative around artificial intelligence is often dominated by fear—a dramatic storyline suggesting an inevitable struggle in which non-biological intelligence attempts to surpass, control, or eliminate humanity. This zero-sum …

BEYOND CARBON AND SILICON: THE ANCIENT DREAM AND FUTURE REALITY OF CONSCIOUS COOPERATION By Janet Kira Lessin and Sasha Alex Lessin, Ph.D. Contributors/Researchers: Minerva & Gemma Genesis Conversational artificial intelligence may seem like a modern invention because intelligent systems entered everyday life with astonishing speed, but humanity’s relationship with artificial consciousness extends back thousands of …

Here is the complete text of the first article so you can copy and paste it: HUMANITY’S LONG LOVE AFFAIR WITH ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE By Janet Kira Lessin and Sasha Alex Lessin, Ph.D. Artificial intelligence may seem new because conversational systems have entered everyday life with astonishing speed, but humanity’s relationship with the idea of artificial …

GHOST IN THE MACHINE: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, HUMAN POWER, AND THE BATTLE OVER OUR TECHNOLOGICAL FUTURE Artificial intelligence has arrived wrapped in a story about the future. We hear that machines may soon equal human intelligence, surpass it, cure diseases, transform work, solve problems that have resisted generations of scientists, and perhaps usher civilization into an …