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Super Villain Networks: The Tech Bro’s Guide to World Domination

TLDR:* Your friendly neighborhood guide to becoming tomorrow's tech overlord!* From AI-powered ego boosters to loyal robot minions and that pesky quest for digital immortality. (Ethics-Bypass Chip™ sold separately.)ContentsIntroduction: The Antiheroes We DeserveChapter 1 / Fantastic GadgetsChapter 2 / Personalized RobotsChapter 3 / Centralized ServersConclusion : The Heroes We NeedVillainous Generations, Stable DiffusionIntroduction: The Antiheroes We DeserveIf our cultural obsessions ar...

My Robot Dog and Me

The robots are coming. Just like their cousin, the quad-copter drones before them, the robot dog movement is in full swing, and it’s only a matter of time before we all have them. Now is the time for creatives to start playing with robotics.Contents:The Everyday RoboticistDrones to RoboDogsRoboDogs to AndroidsWhat can we do with a Robot?Getting Started with RoboticsRoboLego Maniac, Stable DiffusionThe Everyday RoboticistRemember when creating a website meant wrestling with HTML and FTP? You m...

Disruptions in Gaming: A Hypothesis

TLDR: The gaming industry is undergoing a radical systemic transformation. My hypothesis: Individual game creators armed with AI tools, open-source software, and access to decentralized networks will compete effectively with large traditional game studios.Contents:Introduction1. The Traditional Game Business Model2. The Impact of Networks3. The Rise of User Generated Content4. Three Disruptive Forces5. Artificial Intelligence6. Advice for New DevelopersConclusionIntroductionI believe the vide...

Rethinking Innovation: AI and the Problem with Objectives

TLDR: AI science might reveal the secret to innovation: Stop Obsessing Over Objectives.The Objective-Driven WorldWe're obsessed with objectives. From the moment we enter school, we're taught to set goals, make plans, and work systematically toward achieving them. Get good grades, land a prestigious job, climb the corporate ladder, buy a house, start a family – our lives become a series of check-boxes waiting to be ticked off.The Objective Driven LifeThis objective-driven thinking is...

Hang on! Coding a Game with AI

TLDR: I wanted to see what coding a game with AI was like. Hold on, it's pretty nuts.My Prototype: Prototstar* Prototype built in Phaser.js using Windsurf IDE/Cascade Agent, powered by Codium and Claude Sonet 3.5 from Anthropic.*Contents:Can I build a game with AI?Coding with WindsurfFrom Concepting to Functional PrototypeReality CheckLessons LearnedCan I build a game with AI?Classes ended and I turned my attention to some play time. Everyone is considering the why and how of AI. I decid...

The Revolution will be Automated

TLDR: The democratization of low code, easily accessible AI, and low cost hardware will spark a new revolution in personal automation computing.Homebrew 1.0In the 1970s, a group of Silicon Valley enthusiasts gathered to form the Homebrew Computer Club. (1) These were the computer geeks before computers became household items. They'd huddle together, excitedly discussing circuit boards and the basic "if-then" statements of early motherboards. Little did they know they were sowing the seed...

The Future of Work: Embracing Passion, Decentralization, and Automation

TLDR: On the eve of the Intelligence Revolution, perhaps it is time to reimagine the world of work, embracing a future that values passion, decentralization and automation."The antidote to exhaustion is not necessarily rest. The antidote to exhaustion is wholeheartedness." - David Whyte (1)Contents:I. Soul Sucking Data TheftII. Decentralized FundraisingIII. Case Study: GitcoinIV. The Future of WorkV. A Post-Capitalist Future?"Soul Sucking Future," Stable Diffusion, Leonardo Phoenix, (Leonardo...

Is this Essay Real?

Actionable Philosophy to cope with Reality Loss in the age of AI.Land of the LostAR Uber Ride in New York (Stable Diffusion / Leonardo.ai)An image scrolls by in your social feed. “No way.” You think. That’s good, you have questioned it's authenticity. Your triggered defense is giving you an instinct. Don’t lose it. As you will see below - my worry is that collectively we will lose that instinct to question the world around us. But conversely, what if that image is real? Is this informati...

Genghis Kahn & The Blockchain

TLDR:: An essay analogizing the Mongol Horde of the Thirteenth Century, and the rise of protocol-driven blockchain networks.The Latent Space Recreation of the Thirteenth Century Mongolian Empire (Leonardo / Stable Diffusion / DreamShaper V6.0)IntroductionGenghis Khan built the largest land empire in history, conquering more territory in 15 years than the Roman Empire did in 400. How? Were the Mongols better fighters? Were they faster? What made them run circles around the armies they fought? ...

Libertatem Machinae: Designing Responsible AI Systems

TLDR: The responsible governance of AI systems may be the most important design challenge of the next decade. Solutions to this technical challenge may lie in the ethics of written constitutions.ContentsCommon SenseConstitutionsAI GovernanceClaude's Constitutional AIDesigning GovernanceGenerative Thomas Paine (Stable Diffusion XL)Common SenseOn the eve of the American revolution, Thomas Paine wrote down some exceptional thoughts about governance. Seeing America through the eyes of an Eng...

Tech's Perfect Storm of Layoffs

Covid's Whiplash, India & Billions of AI Cloud Infrastructure

• Tech
• Ai
• India

Childhood's End

The science fiction story that keeps me up at night

• Ai
• Learning
• Books

LEGO to Protocol: Part I

A LEGO two-parter on the future of modular global optimization

• Lego
• Protocol
• Modularity

The Resistance is Reading

Literacy in an Age of Shallow Consumption

• Reading
• Ai
• Algorithms

Yes, start a company...

Advice for the new wave of graduation panic

• Essay
• Advice
• Entrepreneurship

Why you should consider Savannah, GA

A personal argument for smart growth in times of uncertainty

• Savannah
• Entrepreneurship
• Georgia