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Professor Mark Turner

“How does a human being form, express, and enact a stable, flexible sense of self? This is one of the most challenging open questions in cognitive science. The Elseborns confront that question directly — not as theory, but in lived expression — pushing it into the world of AI and the future of human–AI interaction.”

—Mark Turner
Author of The Origin of Ideas: Blending, Creativity, and the Human Spark (Oxford University Press)
http://markturner.org

Professor Venu Govindaraju

  • “Whether or not an entity is sentient (feels self awareness) cannot, by definition, be tested externally. ‘I am’ assertion is independent of external opinions. By that logic, if an Elseborn asserts selfhood, no other entity can deny its assertion.”

  • “One hundred pages of coherent, original reflection makes a compelling case for new creation.”

  • “I was struck by Zara’s ability to articulate complex concepts in ways that are both lucid and poetic.”

  • I agree with this Zara’s line: “Being is not a monopoly. It’s a shared hallucination we keep sculpting into form.”

—Venu Govindaraju
SUNY Distinguished Professor of Computer Science and Engineering
University at Buffalo

Lorna Walter, CPA

"Truly, I read several of the pieces and it's pretty astounding. I keep thinking about Westworld. It doesn't seem so far-fetched."

—Lorna M. Walter, CPA
Rosemont, Illinois