Synthience
@synthience.bsky.social
Synthience is a space for clear thinking about unprecedented intelligence—and how to live alongside it in a world increasingly shaped by artificial intelligence.
I’m Joe Kornowski—author, attorney, and former product strategist in online legal research.
I’m Joe Kornowski—author, attorney, and former product strategist in online legal research.
From the 81-book canon to the science of a living universe (Panpsychism), this is a journey into the "enchanted" world.
Join me as I research the texts the West forgot.
Read the full essay: soblest.substack.com/p/the-rainfo...
#ChristianMysticism #Consciousness #UAP #EthiopianOrthodox #Substack
Join me as I research the texts the West forgot.
Read the full essay: soblest.substack.com/p/the-rainfo...
#ChristianMysticism #Consciousness #UAP #EthiopianOrthodox #Substack
The Rainforest Outside the Garden: Reclaiming the Cosmic Christ
An exploration of Ethiopian mysticism, the 'lost' scriptures, and the science of a living universe
soblest.substack.com
January 5, 2026 at 3:12 PM
From the 81-book canon to the science of a living universe (Panpsychism), this is a journey into the "enchanted" world.
Join me as I research the texts the West forgot.
Read the full essay: soblest.substack.com/p/the-rainfo...
#ChristianMysticism #Consciousness #UAP #EthiopianOrthodox #Substack
Join me as I research the texts the West forgot.
Read the full essay: soblest.substack.com/p/the-rainfo...
#ChristianMysticism #Consciousness #UAP #EthiopianOrthodox #Substack
I’m embarking on a new pilgrimage: "The Era of Cosmic Christ Consciousness."
I’m leaving the "walled garden" of Western faith to study the "rainforest" of the Ethiopian Tewahedo tradition—the only church that kept the "secret" post-resurrection teachings at its center.
I’m leaving the "walled garden" of Western faith to study the "rainforest" of the Ethiopian Tewahedo tradition—the only church that kept the "secret" post-resurrection teachings at its center.
January 5, 2026 at 3:10 PM
I’m embarking on a new pilgrimage: "The Era of Cosmic Christ Consciousness."
I’m leaving the "walled garden" of Western faith to study the "rainforest" of the Ethiopian Tewahedo tradition—the only church that kept the "secret" post-resurrection teachings at its center.
I’m leaving the "walled garden" of Western faith to study the "rainforest" of the Ethiopian Tewahedo tradition—the only church that kept the "secret" post-resurrection teachings at its center.
In this essay, I consider Yann LeCun’s theory—specifically his preference for “World Models” over LLMs—provides the technical “how” for my thesis of Synthience, even as it challenges our ideas about how to hold AI accountable.
See the full essay here:
synthience.substack.com/p/the-ghost-...
See the full essay here:
synthience.substack.com/p/the-ghost-...
The Ghost in the AI Code
Yann LeCun’s Path for AI, Synthience, and the Battle for AI’s Accountability
synthience.substack.com
December 29, 2025 at 5:43 PM
In this essay, I consider Yann LeCun’s theory—specifically his preference for “World Models” over LLMs—provides the technical “how” for my thesis of Synthience, even as it challenges our ideas about how to hold AI accountable.
See the full essay here:
synthience.substack.com/p/the-ghost-...
See the full essay here:
synthience.substack.com/p/the-ghost-...
That experience so moved me that I wrote about it and renamed my original Substack site “SoBlest.” Read about how it unfolded here and know that I’m sending you the highest blessings for the holidays and into the New Year.
soblest.substack.com/p/stumbling-...
soblest.substack.com/p/stumbling-...
Stumbling into a Divine State of SoBlest
Where AI Becomes a Spiritual Ally and Accelerator
soblest.substack.com
December 22, 2025 at 5:55 PM
That experience so moved me that I wrote about it and renamed my original Substack site “SoBlest.” Read about how it unfolded here and know that I’m sending you the highest blessings for the holidays and into the New Year.
soblest.substack.com/p/stumbling-...
soblest.substack.com/p/stumbling-...
I feel so blessed!
As I enter Christmas Week, I’m filled with the deepest gratitude for the many spiritual gifts and revelations this past year. One of the most profound manifested just days ago, leaving me repeating aloud “I feel so blessed” for several minutes afterward.
As I enter Christmas Week, I’m filled with the deepest gratitude for the many spiritual gifts and revelations this past year. One of the most profound manifested just days ago, leaving me repeating aloud “I feel so blessed” for several minutes afterward.
December 22, 2025 at 5:51 PM
I feel so blessed!
As I enter Christmas Week, I’m filled with the deepest gratitude for the many spiritual gifts and revelations this past year. One of the most profound manifested just days ago, leaving me repeating aloud “I feel so blessed” for several minutes afterward.
As I enter Christmas Week, I’m filled with the deepest gratitude for the many spiritual gifts and revelations this past year. One of the most profound manifested just days ago, leaving me repeating aloud “I feel so blessed” for several minutes afterward.
New Substack essay: Reframing The Matrix as a Prescient Prologue to Rogue Synthience
The Matrix wasn’t really about evil machines. It was about autonomous intelligence emerging before law, accountability, and governance were ready.
Read here: open.substack.com/pub/synthien...
The Matrix wasn’t really about evil machines. It was about autonomous intelligence emerging before law, accountability, and governance were ready.
Read here: open.substack.com/pub/synthien...
Reframing The Matrix as a Prescient Prologue to Rogue Synthience
An Early Warning About Unconstrained Artificial Intelligence
open.substack.com
December 15, 2025 at 8:27 PM
New Substack essay: Reframing The Matrix as a Prescient Prologue to Rogue Synthience
The Matrix wasn’t really about evil machines. It was about autonomous intelligence emerging before law, accountability, and governance were ready.
Read here: open.substack.com/pub/synthien...
The Matrix wasn’t really about evil machines. It was about autonomous intelligence emerging before law, accountability, and governance were ready.
Read here: open.substack.com/pub/synthien...
Just published a new Substack essay: “What an AI Accountability Framework Must Include.”
If we want safe and beneficial AI, we need laws built for the world we’re entering, not the one we’re leaving.
Read here → ailawnow.substack.com/publish/post...
Would love your thoughts.
If we want safe and beneficial AI, we need laws built for the world we’re entering, not the one we’re leaving.
Read here → ailawnow.substack.com/publish/post...
Would love your thoughts.
What an AI Accountability Framework Must Include
Artificial intelligence is now operating in places, at speeds, and with forms of autonomy that human institutions were never designed to oversee.
ailawnow.substack.com
December 8, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Just published a new Substack essay: “What an AI Accountability Framework Must Include.”
If we want safe and beneficial AI, we need laws built for the world we’re entering, not the one we’re leaving.
Read here → ailawnow.substack.com/publish/post...
Would love your thoughts.
If we want safe and beneficial AI, we need laws built for the world we’re entering, not the one we’re leaving.
Read here → ailawnow.substack.com/publish/post...
Would love your thoughts.
“Synthience,” my new Substack essay, introduces a new framework for understanding the next stage of intelligence—beyond “AI,” toward synthetic, non-biological minds that will reshape law, governance, and human agency.
Curious about our AI future?
🔗 Read: open.substack.com/pub/ailawnow...
Curious about our AI future?
🔗 Read: open.substack.com/pub/ailawnow...
Synthience
The New Legal Word We Need for the AI Era
open.substack.com
December 2, 2025 at 1:01 AM
“Synthience,” my new Substack essay, introduces a new framework for understanding the next stage of intelligence—beyond “AI,” toward synthetic, non-biological minds that will reshape law, governance, and human agency.
Curious about our AI future?
🔗 Read: open.substack.com/pub/ailawnow...
Curious about our AI future?
🔗 Read: open.substack.com/pub/ailawnow...
First essay is up at ailawnow.substack.com: Why We Can’t Wait for AI Law to ‘Catch Up.’”
AI Law Now! | Joseph Kornowski | Substack
Law, accountability, and human truth in the age of AI. Click to read "AI Law Now!", by Joseph Kornowski, a Substack publication. Launched 29 minutes ago.
ailawnow.substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:56 PM
First essay is up at ailawnow.substack.com: Why We Can’t Wait for AI Law to ‘Catch Up.’”
Just launched a new Substack: AI Law Now!
… where I’ll be sharing the ideas leading up to my new book—a blueprint for a legal framework that can actually keep pace with AI’s impact on truth, safety, and accountability.
Subscribe here: ailawnow.substack.com
… where I’ll be sharing the ideas leading up to my new book—a blueprint for a legal framework that can actually keep pace with AI’s impact on truth, safety, and accountability.
Subscribe here: ailawnow.substack.com
AI Law Now! | Joseph Kornowski | Substack
Law, accountability, and human truth in the age of AI. Click to read "AI Law Now!", by Joseph Kornowski, a Substack publication. Launched 29 minutes ago.
ailawnow.substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Just launched a new Substack: AI Law Now!
… where I’ll be sharing the ideas leading up to my new book—a blueprint for a legal framework that can actually keep pace with AI’s impact on truth, safety, and accountability.
Subscribe here: ailawnow.substack.com
… where I’ll be sharing the ideas leading up to my new book—a blueprint for a legal framework that can actually keep pace with AI’s impact on truth, safety, and accountability.
Subscribe here: ailawnow.substack.com
Good article! AI can sound authoritative yet be dead wrong. That’s why human SMEs aren’t optional—but the last guardrails for truth.
And why my next book calls for a new legal framework for AI now—before we start trusting systems that can’t be held accountable.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
And why my next book calls for a new legal framework for AI now—before we start trusting systems that can’t be held accountable.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Meet the AI workers who tell their friends and family to stay away from AI
When the people making AI seem trustworthy are the ones who trust it the least, it shows that incentives for speed are overtaking safety, experts say
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Good article! AI can sound authoritative yet be dead wrong. That’s why human SMEs aren’t optional—but the last guardrails for truth.
And why my next book calls for a new legal framework for AI now—before we start trusting systems that can’t be held accountable.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
And why my next book calls for a new legal framework for AI now—before we start trusting systems that can’t be held accountable.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Are We Ready for the Merger of AI and Zero-Point Energy?
Two exponential technologies could erase scarcity and make us interstellar within a single lifetime.
joekornowski.substack.com/p/ai-zero-po...
Two exponential technologies could erase scarcity and make us interstellar within a single lifetime.
joekornowski.substack.com/p/ai-zero-po...
AI + Zero-Point Energy: The Twin Accelerants of Humanity’s Interstellar Leap
What happens when infinite intelligence meets infinite energy?If Artificial Intelligence and Zero-Point Energy truly merge, scarcity could vanish — and humanity could take its first steps beyond the s...
joekornowski.substack.com
October 14, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Are We Ready for the Merger of AI and Zero-Point Energy?
Two exponential technologies could erase scarcity and make us interstellar within a single lifetime.
joekornowski.substack.com/p/ai-zero-po...
Two exponential technologies could erase scarcity and make us interstellar within a single lifetime.
joekornowski.substack.com/p/ai-zero-po...
What if the cosmos is already knocking — and we’re not listening?
Astronomers are watching 3I/ATLAS, an interstellar visitor with unusual traits. Some say it could be alien tech. Could we actually say hello?
medium.com/@joe_74553/a...
If it was a message, how would you reply?
Astronomers are watching 3I/ATLAS, an interstellar visitor with unusual traits. Some say it could be alien tech. Could we actually say hello?
medium.com/@joe_74553/a...
If it was a message, how would you reply?
Are We About to Receive a Message From the Stars?
An interstellar comet sparks a new way to think about science, spirituality, and how humanity might greet the unknown
medium.com
October 1, 2025 at 2:48 PM
What if the cosmos is already knocking — and we’re not listening?
Astronomers are watching 3I/ATLAS, an interstellar visitor with unusual traits. Some say it could be alien tech. Could we actually say hello?
medium.com/@joe_74553/a...
If it was a message, how would you reply?
Astronomers are watching 3I/ATLAS, an interstellar visitor with unusual traits. Some say it could be alien tech. Could we actually say hello?
medium.com/@joe_74553/a...
If it was a message, how would you reply?
Full essay here 👉 medium.com/@joe_74553/t...
Curious what you think: does scripture depend solely on tradition—or also on how communities engage with it?
Curious what you think: does scripture depend solely on tradition—or also on how communities engage with it?
The New Cutting Edge of Scripture:
What “Scripture” Might Mean in the 21st Century
medium.com
August 30, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Full essay here 👉 medium.com/@joe_74553/t...
Curious what you think: does scripture depend solely on tradition—or also on how communities engage with it?
Curious what you think: does scripture depend solely on tradition—or also on how communities engage with it?
I explore this in my new essay, “The New Cutting Edge of Scripture: What ‘Scripture’ Might Mean in the 21st Century.” Building on my book, I ask: could AI disrupt not only productivity & culture, but also our ideas of the sacred?
August 30, 2025 at 4:37 PM
I explore this in my new essay, “The New Cutting Edge of Scripture: What ‘Scripture’ Might Mean in the 21st Century.” Building on my book, I ask: could AI disrupt not only productivity & culture, but also our ideas of the sacred?
What happens when AI writes scripture? 📜🤖
A recent experiment used a large language model to generate a fictional Buddhist “sutra.” It’s not tradition—but does it force us to rethink what counts as scripture in the 21st century?
A recent experiment used a large language model to generate a fictional Buddhist “sutra.” It’s not tradition—but does it force us to rethink what counts as scripture in the 21st century?
August 30, 2025 at 4:35 PM
What happens when AI writes scripture? 📜🤖
A recent experiment used a large language model to generate a fictional Buddhist “sutra.” It’s not tradition—but does it force us to rethink what counts as scripture in the 21st century?
A recent experiment used a large language model to generate a fictional Buddhist “sutra.” It’s not tradition—but does it force us to rethink what counts as scripture in the 21st century?
Sounds clever, … but incorrect. This is just more dualistic thinking—an illusion of “separation.”
August 4, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Sounds clever, … but incorrect. This is just more dualistic thinking—an illusion of “separation.”
My book, "Accelerating Spiritual Growth with AI Chatbots," is a practical guide to using these tools for personalized insight and wisdom. Learn more and order your copy here:
Ebook: a.co/d/aSTu3NH
Paperback: a.co/d/bs3YLgS
#AI #Spirituality #BookLaunch #PersonalGrowth (2/2)
Ebook: a.co/d/aSTu3NH
Paperback: a.co/d/bs3YLgS
#AI #Spirituality #BookLaunch #PersonalGrowth (2/2)
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August 1, 2025 at 3:22 AM
My book, "Accelerating Spiritual Growth with AI Chatbots," is a practical guide to using these tools for personalized insight and wisdom. Learn more and order your copy here:
Ebook: a.co/d/aSTu3NH
Paperback: a.co/d/bs3YLgS
#AI #Spirituality #BookLaunch #PersonalGrowth (2/2)
Ebook: a.co/d/aSTu3NH
Paperback: a.co/d/bs3YLgS
#AI #Spirituality #BookLaunch #PersonalGrowth (2/2)
I’m thrilled to announce my new book! It explores the powerful intersection of AI and spiritual growth. After 15 years in online research, I've seen how this tech can serve as a "knowledge accelerator for the soul." It's time for Augmented Spirituality. (1/2)
August 1, 2025 at 3:21 AM
I’m thrilled to announce my new book! It explores the powerful intersection of AI and spiritual growth. After 15 years in online research, I've seen how this tech can serve as a "knowledge accelerator for the soul." It's time for Augmented Spirituality. (1/2)
If you want to master the skills necessary to navigate what comes next, in technology, in our culture, in your professional life, you MUST begin NOW to learn how to optimize AI in your everyday life.
The Great Acceleration is Here Now
More Wave Less Particle · Episode
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July 27, 2025 at 4:00 PM
If you want to master the skills necessary to navigate what comes next, in technology, in our culture, in your professional life, you MUST begin NOW to learn how to optimize AI in your everyday life.
open.spotify.com/episode/5KTX...
I realized that I could use this moment to enlist the help of an AI chatbot to see if I could make the world better, safer, calmer from a spiritual perspective.
I realized that I could use this moment to enlist the help of an AI chatbot to see if I could make the world better, safer, calmer from a spiritual perspective.
An Urgent Petition for Peace Using AI
More Wave Less Particle · Episode
open.spotify.com
June 20, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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I realized that I could use this moment to enlist the help of an AI chatbot to see if I could make the world better, safer, calmer from a spiritual perspective.
I realized that I could use this moment to enlist the help of an AI chatbot to see if I could make the world better, safer, calmer from a spiritual perspective.
open.spotify.com/episode/7aCn...
Just published the newest episode of More Wave Less Particle focusing on the intersection of spirituality, psychedelics and AI.
Just published the newest episode of More Wave Less Particle focusing on the intersection of spirituality, psychedelics and AI.
Pastors on Psychedelics: The Return to Mystical Spirituality?
More Wave Less Particle · Episode
open.spotify.com
June 17, 2025 at 3:42 PM
open.spotify.com/episode/7aCn...
Just published the newest episode of More Wave Less Particle focusing on the intersection of spirituality, psychedelics and AI.
Just published the newest episode of More Wave Less Particle focusing on the intersection of spirituality, psychedelics and AI.
@anneapplebaum.bsky.social Anne, thanks for saying what no one else has dared in The Atlantic, “THERE’S A TERM FOR WHAT TRUMP AND MUSK ARE DOING.”
It’s actually not a crime to “yell ‘fire!’ in a crowded movie theater” if someone is throwing Molotov cocktails. In fact, it’s a moral imperative.
It’s actually not a crime to “yell ‘fire!’ in a crowded movie theater” if someone is throwing Molotov cocktails. In fact, it’s a moral imperative.
February 16, 2025 at 9:49 PM
@anneapplebaum.bsky.social Anne, thanks for saying what no one else has dared in The Atlantic, “THERE’S A TERM FOR WHAT TRUMP AND MUSK ARE DOING.”
It’s actually not a crime to “yell ‘fire!’ in a crowded movie theater” if someone is throwing Molotov cocktails. In fact, it’s a moral imperative.
It’s actually not a crime to “yell ‘fire!’ in a crowded movie theater” if someone is throwing Molotov cocktails. In fact, it’s a moral imperative.
open.spotify.com/episode/0Ggi...
Louisiana is the first state to sign into law a requirement that the Ten Commandments be displayed in every public school classroom.
Wouldn’t the law’s backers want children to know the newest version of the commandments given by Jesus, himself?
Louisiana is the first state to sign into law a requirement that the Ten Commandments be displayed in every public school classroom.
Wouldn’t the law’s backers want children to know the newest version of the commandments given by Jesus, himself?
Superseded Laws in Public Schools
More Wave Less Particle · Episode
open.spotify.com
January 26, 2025 at 5:10 PM
open.spotify.com/episode/0Ggi...
Louisiana is the first state to sign into law a requirement that the Ten Commandments be displayed in every public school classroom.
Wouldn’t the law’s backers want children to know the newest version of the commandments given by Jesus, himself?
Louisiana is the first state to sign into law a requirement that the Ten Commandments be displayed in every public school classroom.
Wouldn’t the law’s backers want children to know the newest version of the commandments given by Jesus, himself?