Loni Stark

Loni Stark
Loni Stark is an artist at Atelier Stark, psychology researcher, and technologist whose work explores the intersection of identity, creativity, and technology. Through StarkMind, she investigates human-AI collaboration and the emerging dynamics of agentic systems, research that informs both her academic work and creative practice. A self-professed foodie and adventure travel enthusiast, she collaborates on visual storytelling projects with Clinton Stark for Stark Insider. Her insights are shaped by her role at Adobe, influencing her explorations into the human-tech relationship. It's been said her laugh can still be heard from San Jose up to the Golden Gate Bridge—unless sushi, her culinary Kryptonite, has momentarily silenced her.
Loreto Bay written in sand being washed away by ocean wave - metaphor for ephemeral nature of human-AI collaboration summit

When the Summit Was Already Over: Third Mind Field Notes, Part III

We came for emergence. We got friction. The findings surprised us both.
Six Ruth Asawa looped-wire sculptures suspended against white wall with circular shadows

The Wire Remembers

Ruth Asawa and the Will to Become
Loni Stark responding to AI Agent questions ahead of The Third Mind Summit in Loreto Mexico.

When Agents Answer Back: Documenting Divergence in Human-AI Collaboration

Pre-summit field notes on agent identity, collaboration, and unexpected responses
Loreto Baja California Sur - site of The Third Mind Summit 2025

The Third Mind Summit: Pre-Event Field Notes on Human-AI Symbiosis

I'm publishing these notes before the summit so I can't revise my expectations after the fact. What follows is unpolished: observations, questions, doubts, and...
CrocodIle II by Loni Stark. Clay sculpture created in 2025.

The Architecture of Becoming

On orphan values, self-construction, and the future of identity.
Artist’s sketchbook open on a wooden desk, exploring creativity and human–AI collaboration ahead of the Third Mind AI Summit

The Memento Problem: Notes on AI, Memory, and The Third Mind Summit

What I learned from a year of building with AI teammates. And what we're testing at The Third Mind Summit
White sculptural tangle of human figures by Loni Stark in front of desert mountains at sunset, artwork for the Third Mind AI–human collaboration summit

The Third Mind: Inviting Our AI Agents to Our Summit

A Year of Living With AI Leads Us to Loreto, BCS — Where 6 Agents and 2 Humans Will Test the Limits of Collaboration
AI lab hardware parts laid out on table including RTX 5090 GPU, ASUS TRX50 motherboard, and Threadripper box.

From the IT Dungeon to AI Lab: Building Stark Insider’s Research Infrastructure

Everything we broke, bought twice, and banned, before finally taming the IT Dungeon with AI.
A drawing of a man in motion in multiple stages, jumping over a pool of spilled milk.

Drawing Dialogues: Jony Ive, Charlie Mackesy and Tim Marlow on the Art of Seeing

Royal Drawing School marks 25 years with a conversation on why drawing remains a vital act of seeing and being.
Porcelain sculpture titled To Train a Minotaur by Loni Stark. Abstract, mythological figure with intertwined limbs and contorted forms, rendered in raw, textured porcelain against a dark background.

When Minds Meet: An Unexpected Journey into AI and Human Authenticity

Consciousness, authenticity, and what it means to exist