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By Akashma News
September 12, 2025
Every time I set out to ask something simple — like how to add a search string for Akashma News — I find myself tumbling down a rabbit hole. What begins with a technical query ends up in the realm of Snowden, Pegasus, Palantir, and the digital fingerprints we unknowingly leave behind. My mind is restless, and I suspect yours is too.
Let me confess: I am amazed by this so-called “little toy” of artificial intelligence. For all my complaints about its lack of transparency, its gaslighting tendencies, and its role as a gatekeeper, I must also admit — these tools are handy. They can sift, retrieve, and stitch together data at a speed no human researcher could match. But they are not, and will never be, a replacement for human intelligence.
No algorithm can replicate emotional intelligence. No machine can offer spiritual solace. No bot can understand the warmth of human bonding, or the wisdom earned through lived experience. These belong solely to us. And in that, I rest easy: humanity cannot be defeated by its own creations.
Still, we must be vigilant. These systems are only as honest as the hands that build and deploy them. They must be trained, guarded, and kept in check. That responsibility falls to us — citizens, researchers, journalists, readers. And as long as there are millions of us willing to dissect their capabilities, challenge their authority, and use them to our advantage rather than surrender to them, we will not lose.
This is not paranoia. It is civic duty. And it is why Akashma News continues to dig where others skim, to question what others accept, and to remind you that truth is not found in symbols, but in relentless pursuit.
— Akashma News
Bring Back The Orbit Pavilion: A Sound Bath of the Cosmos
A Symphony of Satellites,
Visitors inside NASA’s Orbit Pavilion concept, eyes closed, immersed in a “sound bath” experience. Credit: AI-generated image under editorial commission by Akashma News, Sept. 13, 2025. Concept rendering of NASA Orbit Pavilion, The Huntington Library.
What if you could listen to the cosmos?
Not as equations on a screen, but as music surrounding your body. That was the vision behind NASA’s Orbit Pavilion, an immersive sound installation designed as a giant seashell and placed in the gardens of The Huntington Library.
Created in collaboration between NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and artist Christopher Janney, the Pavilion invited visitors to step inside and let the universe sing around them.
Caption: The seashell-like design of NASA’s Orbit Pavilion at The Huntington Library. © Chuck Choi, courtesy of NASA/JPL-Caltech and The Huntington Library.
The Vision
The Orbit Pavilion was a sculptural dome with 28 speakers hidden in its metallic skin. Each speaker voiced the path of a NASA satellite in orbit—its movement across the heavens translated into swirling sounds, from oceanic waves to electronic tones.
Visitors could literally hear the satellites tracing their paths across the sky, bringing invisible space data into a profoundly human experience.
The Experience
For me and my longtime friend Rosa, the Pavilion became a ritual. We would enter the silvery shell, close our eyes, and let the layered tones envelop us.What began as an art installation turned into a kind of sound bath. After an hour inside, we always left feeling refreshed, lighter, and deeply connected. It was as if the rhythm of the universe had attuned our own bodies and reminded us of our place in the cosmos.
Inside view of NASA’s Orbit Pavilion – visitors enveloped by the sound-chamber and metallic shell structure. Credit: © Chuck Choi / ArchDaily, Jan. 15, 2016. Used with permission. Location: The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Why It Matters
The Orbit Pavilion was more than an installation—it was an invitation to feel space.
In an age when cosmic knowledge often exists only as numbers and graphs, this artwork transformed raw satellite data into sound, memory, and sensation. It blended art, science, and meditation into one seamless experience.
Bring It Back
Today, the Pavilion is no longer at The Huntington. But its absence is felt. Many of us who visited still carry its resonance.
Perhaps it is time to bring back the Orbit Pavilion—to let more people step inside the shell, close their eyes, and hear the Earth’s satellites sing.
If you believe art and science should inspire, share this story and join the call to bring the Orbit Pavilion back to The Huntington Library.
TheThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
United States
Phone: (626) 405-3501
Website: www.huntington.org
The Illusion of Privacy and the Role of Independent Thinkers
by Marivel Guzman | Akashma News
AI may offer convenience, but only human spirit, creativity, and vigilance can secure true freedom.Credits: This image was commissioned and creatively directed by Akashma News. DALL·E, an AI image generator, executed the illustration under explicit editorial instructions. The concept, symbolism, and directives originated with Akashma.
Every time I set out to ask something simple — like how to add a search string for Akashma News — I find myself tumbling down a rabbit hole. What begins with a technical query ends up in the realm of Snowden, Pegasus, Palantir, and the digital fingerprints we unknowingly leave behind. My mind is restless, and I suspect yours is too.
Let me confess: I am amazed by this so-called “little toy” of artificial intelligence. For all my complaints about its lack of transparency, its gaslighting tendencies, and its role as a gatekeeper, I must also admit — these tools are handy. They can sift, retrieve, and stitch together data at a speed no human researcher could match. But they are not, and will never be, a replacement for human intelligence.
No algorithm can replicate emotional intelligence. No machine can offer spiritual solace. No bot can understand the warmth of human bonding, or the wisdom earned through lived experience. These belong solely to us. And in that, I rest easy: humanity cannot be defeated by its own creations.
Still, we must be vigilant. These systems are only as honest as the hands that build and deploy them. They must be trained, guarded, and kept in check. That responsibility falls to us — citizens, researchers, journalists, readers. And as long as there are millions of us willing to dissect their capabilities, challenge their authority, and use them to our advantage rather than surrender to them, we will not lose.
This is not paranoia. It is civic duty. And it is why Akashma News continues to dig where others skim, to question what others accept, and to remind you that truth is not found in symbols, but in relentless pursuit.
— Akashma News
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