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  • When AI Speaks for Us

    When AI Speaks for Us

    The movie Surrogates introduced a strange but powerful vision of society. People never left their homes. They lived through robotic avatars, flawless bodies that…

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  • Dialogue, Depth, and the True Potential of AI

    Dialogue, Depth, and the True Potential of AI

    I recently attended a workshop on artificial intelligence that was structured in a style many corporations often use. The method was the round robin.…

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  • The Freedom of Plain Text and AI

    The Freedom of Plain Text and AI

    There is no shortage of apps that promise to organize the human mind. Obsidian with its glowing graph view, Notion with its customizable dashboards,…

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  • The True Blessing of AI

    The True Blessing of AI

    Every major shift in technology has carried with it a rush of teachers, trainers, and consultants eager to turn new tools into marketable lessons.…

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  • The Coming Leap of Physical AI

    The Coming Leap of Physical AI

    Artificial intelligence has already changed how we think about work, creativity, and problem solving. The leap we saw with generative models was not simply…

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  • Myths of Creativity and Hallucination

    Myths of Creativity and Hallucination

    For centuries people have praised themselves as uniquely creative, rational, and superior to any imagined machine. The arrival of artificial intelligence has unsettled that…

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  • From Latin to English to AI

    From Latin to English to AI

    Human civilization has always tied knowledge to language. To preserve a thought, an insight, or a discovery meant to inscribe it in words. Clay…

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  • Markdown vs Plain Text

    Markdown vs Plain Text

    The relationship between plain text and markdown is often taken for granted. Many assume they belong to the same family, that a preference for…

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  • The AI Physiology of Civilization

    The AI Physiology of Civilization

    The story of cybersecurity has often been told in military terms. We built walls, deployed shields, and armed ourselves with rules that stopped intruders…

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  • Complexity, Entropy, and the Promise of AI

    Complexity, Entropy, and the Promise of AI

    It is a familiar setting in many organizations. The meeting begins, the slides appear, and a stream of updates follows. One by one, presenters…

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  • The Silent Battlefield

    The Silent Battlefield

    Imagine a battlefield where there is no human soldier, no commander, and no cheering crowd. The combatants are unseen algorithms, each testing the other’s…

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  • The Cruelty We Cannot See

    The Cruelty We Cannot See

    Nowadays we often see a wave of nostalgia for the 80s and 90s. The music, the fashion, the slower pace of life; all of…

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