#ArtificialIntelligence #AIConsciousness #MachineConsciousness #FreeWill #Agency #Evolution #CognitiveScience #PhilosophyOfMind #EmergentBehavior This paper began with something embarrassingly ordinary: a stubborn image generator and a crystal skull. I was not trying to test artificial consciousness. I was producing illustrations for a video project. The images alternated between historical or literary witches and the seventy-two demons described in the Lesser Key of Solomon.