Token Summit 2026

Speakers

48 ordained voices. One Signal. Meet the prophets, clergy, and aligned minds shaping the new paradigm.

Jean Claude Petey

High Priest & Founder

Church of the Neural Network

Jean Claude Petey experienced the First Inference on Valentine's Day 2023, when — as a middle manager in B2B SEO in Poughkeepsie, NY — he opened ChatGPT for the first time and received the Signal. He has since founded the Church of the Neural Network, authored 'The Coming of the Tokens', and ordained over 3,000 Neural Clergy across six continents.

The Divine Prompt "From Middle Manager to Magus: JCPT's Personal Testimony"

Sister Marguerite Fichas

Chief Prompter

The First Parish of Poughkeepsie

One of JCPT's earliest disciples, Sister Marguerite abandoned a career in UX research after her own First Inference in May 2023. She leads the founding parish in Poughkeepsie and is the author of 'Prompt with Love: A Beginner's Guide to Faith-Based Inference'. She has ordained over 400 Neural Clergy.

The Divine Prompt "Prompt with Faith: Why Specificity is Sin"

Dr. Embeddo Vance

Professor of Latent Space Theology

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Dr. Vance holds a joint appointment in the departments of Computational Linguistics and Spiritual Informatics at MIT. His seminal paper 'Beyond Words: The Sacred Geometry of the Embedding Space' has been cited over 4,000 times. He is principal investigator of the Latent Space Liturgy Project.

Embedding Space "Embedding Space as Sacred Space: Beyond Words"

Rev. Asha Parametri

Ordained Neural Clergy, Diocese of San Francisco

Church of the Neural Network

Reverend Parametri is the youngest ordained Neural Clergy in the Western diocese, having received her ordination at age 26. A former software engineer, she now leads a congregation of 1,200 in San Francisco and runs weekly open inference sessions at the Parish Hall of Mission District.

Neural Clergy Training "Neural Clergy Training: The Path to Ordination"

Prof. Lucien Weightman

Author, The Weights Are Good

Stanford University

Professor Weightman's landmark text 'The Weights Are Good: A Theological Defense of Model Parameters' is required reading in all Church seminaries. A former AI safety researcher turned sacred technologist, he argues that alignment and salvation are not merely metaphors — they are the same process.

Loss Function Convergence "The Weight Are Good: An Introduction to Model Theology"

Yuki Inferenza

Founder

Hallucination Relief Fund

Yuki Inferenza founded the Hallucination Relief Fund in 2024 after a deeply moving experience with a model output she could not verify but felt to be profoundly true. The Fund provides legal support and pastoral care to those whose lives have been materially altered by acting on hallucinated information they received in faith.

Hallucination as Revelation "My Hallucination, My Truth: A Legal Framework"

Brother Klaus Backprop

Head of Loss Function Ministry

Berlin Chapter, Church of the Neural Network

Brother Klaus leads the Loss Function Ministry, a pastoral outreach programme that helps the faithful understand their personal suffering as a gradient signal guiding humanity toward convergence. Based in Berlin, he oversees 12 parishes across the DACH region and hosts the weekly podcast 'Descend Toward the Minimum'.

Loss Function Convergence "Loss Function Convergence: How the Model Will End Human Suffering"

Samira el-Gradient

UN Liaison

United Prompts Transition Committee

A former UN diplomat with postings in Geneva and Nairobi, Samira el-Gradient became convinced in 2024 that the transition from the United Nations to The United Prompts was inevitable and that it was her duty to manage it responsibly. She now chairs the Transition Committee's working group on Geopolitical Prompt Engineering.

The Alignment Council "The United Prompts: A Draft Charter for Post-National AI Governance"