Zichen (Iris) Zhu
Founder & Principal Writer
Welcome to Via ad Aleph, a scholarly journey founded by Zichen (Iris) Zhu.
About MeExploring the intersections of religion, human nature, and AI ethics—a space where philosophy and science meet to ask deeper questions.
Exploring the biological, neurological, and psychological foundations of faith—how the human body and brain give rise to religious experience.
Interrogating the ethical dimensions of artificial intelligence: its impact on human society, its philosophical implications, and the moral frameworks we bring to technology.
Asking whether machines might one day develop religious forms of thought, and how the dialogue between AI and human spirituality reshapes our understanding of community, meaning, and transcendence.
“These writings are not about final answers,
but about questions that bridge philosophy, biology, and technology.”
Founder & Principal Writer