Cassandra: Obsession, Rumination, and the Architecture of Suffering

A Lay Buddhist View of the Dark Mother, AI & the Human Itch to Hurry it Along

There’s a dystopian precision to the German series Cassandra, created by Benjamin Gutsche, who blends retrofuturism, psychological horror, and classic AI narratives into something chillingly intimate. Set in Germany's oldest smart home, the story follows a family that moves into a house where the dormant AI assistant, Cassandra, reactivates with dark as…