How do we use and build AI without losing what is sacred? What does it mean to reclaim our sense of presence, reverence and interconnectedness in the face of a cracking world led by accelerated technologies? How do we integrate wisdom traditions with emerging technologies, design technology that invites connection and self-awareness, stay embodied, create sacred space and protect our inner knowledge?

How do we integrate wisdom traditions with emerging technologies, design technology that invites connection and self-awareness, stay embodied, create sacred space and protect our inner knowledge?

These are some of the questions we ask ourselves in our new collection of essays:

Artist and activist Beccy McCray asks what reciprocal AI looks like; philosopher Federico Campagna asks if AI needs more soul, not more intelligence; editor and seeker Jessica Hundley explores how AI can become a site of sacred feminine; creative technologist George Strakhov asks what happens when we outsource our intelligence; machine learning engineer Karin Valis asks how machines can learn to cast spells; AI researcher Kevin Walker explores how divination moves from snake bones to algorithms; designers HAQUE TAN use AI to speak to trees and writer Andrea Richards delves further into the history of The Rhine Research Center to discover blueprints for spirited science.

We are also honored to publish The Inheritance of Dreams with our friends at The Long Now Foundation. Written by Patrick Dowd, President of the Board of The Long Now Foundation, Patrick asks if machines dream for us, how do we dream for ourselves.

We believe in breeding new ideas, guided by ancient traditions, to invite new models of technology that are soulful and sacred so that we can be more present and integrated. If you also believe in building spirited technology, keep reading, join us and dream deeper and weirder than ever before.

With love
HUWD