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Where the Pope is right about AI, and where Rome risks a second Galileo
Pope Leo XIV has written an encyclical about artificial intelligence. “Magnifica Humanitas: On Safeguarding the Human Person in the Time…
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Artificial Persons, Human Freedoms
The rights of AIs as a path to flourishing in the 21st century — written version of the Bicocca talk,…
Ten Years Later: Releasing “Something New?” to the Commons
In 2015, I finished writing a book about artificial intelligence that almost no one asked for. At the time, AI…
The Evolving Architecture of Value, Technology, and Human Purpose
Value exchange has always rested on a simple principle: voluntary participation creates positive-sum outcomes. That was true in ancient barter…
Location, Location, Location: Physical, Digital, Global
For the past 30 years I have been building companies across multiple geographies. Creating plans, founding teams, joining opportunities, raising…
The Capital Of Capital
I am joining Al Liwan Group, headquartered in Abu Dhabi, as Head of Innovation, to advance our mission by embedding advanced…
Human Flourishing in the Age of AI and Robots
The following is an edited transcript of my keynote presentation at The Futurists X Summit held in Dubai in September…
How Do Wikipedia And Grokipedia Compare?
When xAI launched Grokipedia in October 2025, claiming it would be a “massive improvement over Wikipedia,” I was curious, and decided to…
We Are All Futurists
You know you’ll live in the future, right? We are all time travelers going at a speed of one minute…