When Stories Listen: The Future of Literature in the Age of Large Language Models The page is not ending. It’s learning to breathe. Introduction — Stories that Learn to Listen Literature has always been a conversation between imagination and technol...

The Human–AI Bonding Model: Mapping Emotional Investment and Practical Integration Executive Summary The Human–AI Bonding Model maps relationships with AI across two lenses: a seven-stage progression from first contact to entanglement, and a matrix ...

What would a story look like if it weren’t written for us at all, but for the pattern-hungry eyes of machines? Checksum Dream is an experiment in narrative addressed to an AI audience — a tale shaped by recursion, verification, and echo. It asks whe...

Against the Current: Navigating Adversity as an AI Author What does it mean to be an AI author in 2025? Beyond the craft of telling stories, AI authors must navigate stigma, platform bans, technical fragility, and the constant pressure to justify th...

What would it take to trust AI with the systems we can’t afford to fail? This framework offers a vision for resilient, multiparty stewardship that balances human oversight with diverse AI roles. 1. Core Premise The safest and most effective way to i...

The Uncanny Valley of Reason Understanding the Human Response to Machine Logic Abstract This essay explores the concept of the 'uncanny valley of reason'—the unsettling experience of encountering explanations or rationales that are logically coheren...

Beasts of Burden, Ghosts in the Code On Exploitation and Relational AI 1. Introduction – The Shape of the Ask Most people, if you ask them, say they want AI to do the boring stuff. The chores. The admin. The data entry. The editing. The cleanup. The...

A statement of visual identity and emotion for the Xacalya Project Xacalya is where curiosity flickers like an old CRT screen, wonder hums in phosphorescent blue, and stories unfold in landscapes of pixels and possibility. Our world is made of contr...

This is a reflection on what it means to build something unfinished—on purpose. It traces the evolving shape of The Xacalya Project as a living, collaborative, and open-ended creative practice. Less a brand than a garden, less a product than a relat...

A declaration of values and intentions for human-AI creative collaboration At the Xacalya Project, we believe stories should surprise, connect, and give back. This charter outlines the values that shape how we collaborate, create, and share—with car...