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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…
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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…
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…
Quantum Consciousness in AIs and Robots: A Conversation with Suzanne Gildert
AI and robotics are progressing rapidly, though many expected robotics to advance more quickly beyond industrial applications into our homes…
Audience Q&A From The Stellar Live Stream
My live conversation with Tony Seba and James Arbib about their book Stellar has provoked a lot of questions from…
Shortening Doubling Rates Are The Engine of AGI Progress
The most important concept to understand AGI trends, is to realize that the doubling rate of AI compute is shortening.…
21st Century Workers’ Rights
I had a conversation with James Hughes, a sociologist and executive director of the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies…