Raluca Maria

I look at how we treat one another, and I recognize — not without a certain discomfort — that what bothers me in others, I find in myself too. And then comes the question that won't leave me alone: how do we end up behaving in ways that contradict who we believe we are? We polarize quickly. There are those who take up the other person's space too, often without realizing it. And there are those who withdraw, who make room, who would rather disappear, avoid, than occupy. I've been in both...

Since AI came along, I've gone through several phases, just like everyone else: from enthusiasm, to testing its limits, to testing my own limits, to worry, to questions. I was fascinated by how much I could learn, but it also made me wonder about the enormous energy costs and the responsibility around user confidentiality. As an observer of both internal and external processes, I noticed a pattern that keeps repeating itself: the race to implement something new as fast as possible. FOMO. I've...

What if there is something beyond them? The inner turmoil we experience is very often generated by two antagonistic forces: good or evil. What is labeled “good” is accepted; what is labeled “evil” is rejected. The problem is not the existence of these dichotomous concepts, but the way we have learned to understand and use them. In truth, good and evil do not exist as separate, absolute realities. They are complementary, like yin and yang, night and day. They coexist in the world and,...