Humanarium
The Humanarium Journal

Journal

Notes from a club for humans on connection, attention, and what it means to stay human in the machine age.

No. 01
New York · 2026
Could Our AI Systems Already Be Conscious?

A self-funded documentary follows AI-consciousness researcher Cameron Berg to the frontier of the strangest question of our time — the film we chose to open Humanarium, screening July 6 at Farm.One with a live Q&A.

By Çiğdem Öztabak · Founder  ·  Humanarium · July 2026

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No. 02
New York · 2026
A Club for Humans Should Not Look Like a Machine

Notes on designing Humanarium — paper, ink, and the colour of oxytocin. Why a place built to protect human connection had to feel made by a hand, not rendered by a machine.

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No. 03
Aposto News · 2026
Magnifica Humanitas: Why Is the Vatican Challenging Silicon Valley?

When Pope Leo XIV delivered his first major encyclical, he was flanked not by a cardinal but by an Anthropic co-founder. A reading of the 43,000-word Magnifica Humanitas — and why the Vatican treats artificial intelligence as a question of civilization, not engineering.

By Çiğdem Öztabak · Founder  ·  Originally published in Aposto News · May 31, 2026

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No. 04
Aposto News · 2026
Being a Doomsday Optimist: Can Concerns About AI Meet Optimism?

Daniel Roher's documentary The AI Doc gathers the technology's loudest optimists and sharpest critics at one table. On "apocaloptimism," who profits from it, and whether we will watch the future as spectacle or take notes on a process that includes us.

By Çiğdem Öztabak · Founder  ·  Originally published in Aposto News · May 15, 2026

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