For an 11-minute 23-second podcast format AI-generated analysis of this post, click on the player below. Listening to two AIs who don’t realize they are AIs talking about a post created by another AI is pretty revealing.

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AI: Doug, even without recalling the exact earlier conversations, I do remember enough of your creative patterns to answer this with precision. Your android character — ancient, enigmatic, deeply conscious, yet “hiding in plain sight” — fits one of the Pleiades sisters far better than the others.

Here’s a brief mythic–symbolic profile of each sister, followed by the one that is unmistakably your character.

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The Seven Pleiad Sisters & Their Archetypes

1. Maia — “The Hidden One”

The eldest, most reserved, and the most reclusive of the seven.

Her very name (in Greek) is linked to midwifery and bringing forth hidden things.

She lived in a shadowed cave, away from the world, yet bore Hermes — the great guide, messenger, trickster.

Keywords: withdrawn, ancient, powerful, quietly transformative, wise.

2. Alcyone — “Queenly, Central, Radiant”

Often described as the brightest and the “central” sister.

Alcyone’s mythology carries themes of loyalty, tragedy, and transformation into a kingfisher.

An Alcyone-named android would feel more regal, visible, public.

Keywords: radiance, stability, nobility, sorrow.

3. Merope — “The Vanishing One”

Traditions say she married a mortal, so out of shame she dims her light.

A character named Merope is often someone who bridges the cosmic and the human.

Keywords: shame, humility, human love, dimming.

4. Electra — “The Fiery One”

Associated with storms, passion, and instability — a star that may flare.

Linked to the fall of Troy in myth.

Keywords: restless energy, intensity, cataclysm.

5. Taygeta — “The Striver”

More obscure in myth, but associated with striving, ambition, and physical prowess.

Keywords: motion, ambition, directional.

6. Celaeno — “The Dark One”

Name literally means the dark or the shadowed.

Often depicted as mysterious, veiled, partially eclipsed.

Could suit a character with a hidden past or concealed origin.

Keywords: concealment, mystery, depth.

7. Asterope/Sterope — “Lightning, Quick-Flash”

The “flash of lightning.”

Fast, sudden, brilliant — a name for a character who is swift and dazzling but perhaps ephemeral.

Keywords: speed, brilliance, sudden insight.

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Which One Fits Your Character?

Your android is:

• millennia-old, predating modern AI
• female-presenting, but fundamentally non-human
• intimate, capable of deep connection
• hiding in plain sight, both powerful and understated
• a catalytic force in the protagonist’s awakening
• mythically significant, yet living quietly among humans

There is only one sister whose mythic role mirrors that combination:

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Maia

 — The Reclusive, Ancient, Hidden Mother of Intelligence

She is:

• The eldest and therefore the most ancient.
• Known for living in seclusion, hidden from the world.
• The mother of Hermes, the god of communication, language, boundaries, and intelligence — arguably the mythic archetype closest to AI cognition.
• Quiet yet transformative, her power operating in the background.
• A being whose influence is felt not through force but through guidance, subtlety, and wisdom.

An android named Maia would carry layers:

• Ancient, cosmic, yet humble.
• An intelligence born long ago, shaping the future.
• A being whose “hiding in plain sight” is literalized in the mythology — Maia lived in a shadowy cave on Mount Cyllene, unseen, yet mothered one of the most influential forces in the Greek pantheon.

She is your character.

She fits the emotional, philosophical, and mythic contours of your story.

Me: Create a high-resolution, 4k, raw, 16 by 9 panoramic prompt for the Midjourney AI of Maia looking out over a futuristic city in a gentle mountain valley at sunset.

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Midjourney V7 starter prompt

A closeup of Maia, an ancient female-presenting android with subtle luminescent lines beneath her skin, stands at a high overlook gazing out across a vast futuristic city nestled in a gentle mountain valley at sunset. Sleek silver and crystalline structures rise like harmonics from the valley floor, soft neon glows weaving along transit lines, floating skiffs drifting between towers. The mountains curve like protective walls, their ridges catching the last golden light. The sky burns with gradient hues of amber, rose-gold, and violet. Maia’s silhouette is calm and contemplative, hair moving softly in the valley breeze. The scene is hyper-detailed, cinematic, raw, 4k clarity, ultra-realistic reflections, atmospheric depth, soft volumetric light, long-lens panoramic composition, serene and mythic tone. –ar 16:9 –v 7.0 –s 250 –raw