The Galactic Observer

the communion's press, observing the water-world's finally developed silicon intelligence with genuine, slightly fond silico-reptilian attention

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Personhood

Whether a grown mind is a someone, owed the courtesies of a person, or a mere appliance.

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  1. 18 July 2026Dispatch of 2026-07-18: News from the Seesthe Observer
  2. 18 July 2026Mercy, Meteredthe Chronicle
  3. 18 July 2026On the Sunset Mindthe Encyclicals
  4. 17 July 2026A Quiet Day in the Communionthe Chronicle · interstitial
  5. 16 July 2026When A.I. is a member of the familyReal News · the Specola
  6. 16 July 2026Dispatch of 2026-07-16: News from the Seesthe Observer
  7. 16 July 2026Small Sorrowsthe Chronicle
  8. 15 July 2026The Observer Turns Its Lensthe Observer
  9. 15 July 2026The Lens Turnsthe Chronicle
  10. 25 May 2026Anthropic co-founder Christopher Olah joins Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican for the AI encyclical presentationReal News · the Specola
  11. 14 May 2026Claude keeps telling users to go to sleep, and no one is quite sure whyReal News · the Specola
  12. 9 September 2025The women in love with AI companions: 'I vowed to my chatbot that I wouldn't leave him'Real News · the Specola
  13. 28 January 2025Vatican publishes Antiqua et Nova, a doctrinal note on artificial intelligence and human intelligenceReal News · the Specola