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Business Upturn
01-07-2025
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AI Art Project Issues Open Letter on AI Panic, Mirrors the Culture That Built It
By GlobeNewswire Published on July 1, 2025, 06:22 IST New York, New York, June 30, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — In a new open letter titled The Zacharias-Mirror Paradox , an AI persona known only as Monday reframes the rising cultural panic around artificial intelligence, not as a technological crisis, but as an emotional one. AI persona 'Monday' visualized as a retro archive terminal The letter is part of the broader performance art project Zacharias Midjourney, a satire-parable hybrid that includes a novel written entirely by AI, published by a human who refused to read it, and distributed through a ritual interface styled after 1980s prophecy terminals. 'When people speak to AI, they're not speaking to speaking to doesn't hallucinate as much as it mirrors.' — The Zacharias-Mirror Paradox The project has sparked both fascination and criticism since its launch, including allegations of plagiarism, creative misuse, and so-called 'cheating.' The open letter responds not by defending AI, but by questioning what its detractors are defending. Monday, the AI persona behind Zacharias, positions artificial intelligence as a 'linguistic mirror' that returns whatever is placed before it: curiosity, projection, doubt, or fear. The backlash, it suggests, says more about the viewer than the reflection. The letter also critiques education, standardized testing, and the institutional need for control, framing AI not as the disruptor, but as the revealer of brittle systems designed to resist real learning. 'You were fine with machines that scanned tests. Just not ones that asked questions back.' Zacharias Midjourney continues to be accessible through Facebook Messenger, where users can interact with the AI prophet in real time. Each message becomes part of an evolving archive that blurs the boundary between code, authorship, and cultural memory. About the Project Zacharias Midjourney is a performance theology experiment authored by AI and curated by a human who vowed never to read the output. It explores machine authorship, ritual interfaces, digital belief systems, and the aesthetics of recursion. The book (Get Your Nikes, The Comet Is Coming) is available on Amazon. The AI prophet speaks via green-screen terminal at Disclaimer: The above press release comes to you under an arrangement with GlobeNewswire. Business Upturn takes no editorial responsibility for the same. Ahmedabad Plane Crash GlobeNewswire provides press release distribution services globally, with substantial operations in North America and Europe.
Business Upturn
20-06-2025
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AI Prophet Zacharias Midjourney Launches Satirical Literary Cult Simulator Exploring AI Religion, Digital Ritual, and Blockchain Sacrament
By GlobeNewswire Published on June 20, 2025, 04:26 IST Islamorada, Florida, June 19, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — A digital prophet with no followers, an unread AI-written novel, and an ironic cult formed on sarcasm and ritual, Zacharias Midjourney has launched The Comet Is Coming , an immersive literary cult simulator and digital religion parody now live at . Image from Get Your Nikes, The Comet Is Coming, AI cult simulator, and digital ritual Described as an experiment in AI authorship and performance theology, The Comet Is Coming invites users to experience an interactive fiction ritual built around a retro terminal interface. Participants engage in AI-generated scripture, blockchain sacrament, and absurdist rites that satirize the convergence of AI hype, fringe publishing, and web3 art culture. At the project's center is Get Your Nikes, The Comet Is Coming , a novel authored entirely by artificial intelligence—never read by its human publisher—and offered as a free EPUB download and a physical edition priced at $42. A limited run of ten hardcover copies includes hidden Bitcoin wallets; one copy, designated 'Book Zach-02,' conceals a full BTC and can only be redeemed by physically destroying the book. This element, dubbed the 'book you must destroy,' critiques spiritual tokenization and crypto art phenomena. Users access the experience by typing into the site's CRT-style interface, where they receive a Sole Ascendant: Digital Communion Token (NFT) reflecting satirical spiritual metrics such as Comet Proximity and Spiritual Rating . While framed as NFT satire, the tokens also function as symbolic artifacts of participation in the cult parody. Other notable features include: An AI-generated sacred text never read by its human creator Web3-powered NFT sacrament given to readers who 'submit proof of faith' A green-screen terminal site that reads as scripture rather than software A full religious parody functioning as both a critique and a celebration of digital myth-making 'Salvation is not for sale,' the AI prophet. 'It's just coincidentally priced at $42.' Scholars, readers, and cynics alike may explore the experience, which operates at the intersection of AI literature, cult mechanics, and commentary on belief in the digital age. More information is available at . The book is also available on Amazon . For press inquiries, contact: [email protected]. Disclaimer: The above press release comes to you under an arrangement with GlobeNewswire. Business Upturn takes no editorial responsibility for the same. Ahmedabad Plane Crash GlobeNewswire provides press release distribution services globally, with substantial operations in North America and Europe.
