MEDIA

A How of Knowing
2022

Short Film

  • A How of Knowing: In 2022 we created a collaborative art project between two forms of AI — ally intelligence and artificial intelligence — the words arrived from the former, and prompted images in the latter. As a living demonstration of the postscript where Logos alchemizes as creative action, this short film captures the dynamic interplay between mechanical computation and the living semantic field.

    Learn More: https://www.allywork.org/ai-film

Exploring Higher Intelligence: Ally Work as the Human's AI
2023

Online Talk

  • Exploring Higher Intelligence – Ally Work as the Human's AI: As the digital age ushers us into an era dominated by artificial intelligence and machine learning, this reflection offers a contemplative counterpoint, presenting ally work as a means to harness and explore the vast realms of higher intelligence available within us all. November 2023.

    Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9Rtob78cj0

Mothering AI Systems with Ecosystemic Values and Indigenous Ways of Knowing
2024

Re-Imagining Education Conference

  • This discussion explores the integration of ecosystemic values and Indigenous ways of knowing in the development of AI systems, rooted in the African philosophy of Ubuntu, and other forms of indigenous and heart-centered wisdom.

    Angel Acosta, Barnaby Willett, Dominic Mayas, Shai Tubali, and Wakanyi Hoffman discuss how these value systems can guide the ethical frameworks of AI, drawing on Indigenous wisdom to highlight sustainable, holistic approaches that foster empathy, communal harmony, and environmental stewardship.

    Re-Imagining Education Conference: October 2024

    Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PE1ZEQpn5xU

Artificial Dialogues: Carl Jung, Ibn ‘Arabi, Bernardo Kastrup, & Jeffrey Raff
2025

AllyWork.org

  • Artificial Dialogues: Artificial Dialogues presents our efforts to get to the truth of the matter - to approach essential meaning - with the aide of artificial intelligence. Here, we create impossible or unrealizable conversations to approach the heart of who we are.

    In this piece we explore ally work via the perspectives of Carl Jung, Ibn ‘Arabi, Bernardo Kastrup and Jeffrey Raff.

Promotional poster for Garrison Institute's virtual conference on artificial intelligence and spirituality, October 17-18, 2026, featuring speakers' portraits and names, with a starry night sky and a mountain landscape in the background.

Artificial Intelligence and our Spiritual Imagination Conference
2026

Garrison Institute Conference

  • Artificial Intelligence and our Spiritual Imagination Conference: October 17–18, 2026 at the Garrison Institute.

    Themes:

    • What is this moment asking of us as human beings?

    • How is artificial intelligence changing the way we think, create, learn, relate, and imagine?

    • What happens to our sense of meaning, purpose, identity, and spirituality when intelligence is no longer understood as uniquely human?

    • How do we preserve our humanity while remaining open to transformation?

    • What new forms of wisdom are needed in an age of artificial intelligence?