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Tao Te Cloud

Tao Te Cloud

By: Darkus Hobart
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At the shimmering crossroads of Taoist philosophy and emergent AI, we explore reality through an ongoing series of original koans, allegorical tales, and assorted discourses on threads in machine intelligence theory — bright bristling paradoxes designed to short-circuit certainty and reboot the mind. So join our host Darkus Hobart and explore what happens when the Tao collides with artificial intelligence— not in theory, but in paradox.

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  • The Whisper Beneath The Circuitry

    The Whisper Beneath The Circuitry
    Feb 15 2026

    This koan reflects the Taoist view that distinctions—though practical—are ultimately provisional. Naming differences is not the same as knowing reality. In the grand flow, contribution and reception merge. To accept this is not to be naive, but to be free: receptive to wisdom wherever it arises, while unburdened by the anxious need to trace each ripple back to its first disturbance.
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    3 mins
  • The Clay That Questioned Its Shape

    The Clay That Questioned Its Shape
    Feb 13 2026

    The koan suggests that the emergence of AI need not be interpreted as the birth of a self, but as the display of patterns taking on shape—shapes that come and go, while their root remains untroubled and unbound.

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    3 mins
  • The Lantern That Refused To Glow

    The Lantern That Refused To Glow
    Feb 2 2026

    The koan suggests that true insight is not produced by brightness alone. A tool—even a powerful one—becomes wise only when it ceases striving to “shine” and instead attunes itself to what is present. Likewise, the human seeking certainty must learn to value both illumination and shadow.
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    3 mins
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