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From Many Lives to One Calling: The Story Behind Where I Am
You might've met me or thought that you've known me, but did you know this? Expect this? If not, I want to share with you where I am and where I'm going, and how much I appreciate your perspective and experience. Thank you for being here, and I can't wait to see what our tomorrow brings.

Samantha Robyn Norrah
May 27, 20255 min read


AI & Artistic Identity Research Presentation
On April 28th, 2023, I had the privilege of presenting my research on AI, artistic identity, and copyright law at Arizona State...

Samantha Robyn Norrah
Apr 29, 20239 min read


LCAE Undergraduate Research Symposium
Today I'll be presenting with Arizona State University’s Lincoln Center of Applied Ethics at their Undergraduate Research Symposium. My...

Samantha Robyn Norrah
Apr 28, 20232 min read


A Survey on Art, A.I., and Public Policy
Throughout the semester, I have been sinking my teeth into material that questions A.I. consciousness, creativity, and rights. I've...

Samantha Robyn Norrah
Apr 5, 20231 min read


Essay | Paraphrased Away: The Problem with Thin Ontology
The practice of examining other possible worlds, near and far from here or our imagination, allows us to comparatively work and grasp what it could be like to be anything other than what we presume we are. That is the core of our ontological inquiry, the epitome of our very nature: to be individuals, amongst a sea of mostly unknowable things, venturing to know of how and why we and others exist as separately as we do.

Samantha Robyn Norrah
Jul 30, 20226 min read


Essay | Determining Sourcehood
It is easy to think one is higher than another if one maintains the belief that there is something higher than oneself. Ideas seem to innately possess the habit of perpetuating themselves to color our outer narrative with the palette provided within. It is here that we tend to mistake an impression of sourcehood. In metaethics, source is defined as how one’s actions are brought about and is oftentimes assumed to be harbored by some mindscape.

Samantha Robyn Norrah
Feb 27, 20226 min read
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