I write about AI and Geopolitics
Naming and Defeating the Brain of the Beast We’ve been on a journey in this series. We’ve looked at big historical changes, like the printing press and the internal combustion engine. We’ve seen how they led to today’s knowledge economy. And we’ve explored the tough math of algorithmic control. We’ve also mapped out the future’s … Read more
The Three Fault Lines of Evolutionary Capability In the last essay, we talked about the “line of departure.” This is when AI stops just using human data. It becomes an agent that creates, tests, and acts on its own. It works in a closed loop. When technology crosses this line, it doesn’t make just one … Read more
Essay 1 set the stage, showing us where we’ve been. Now, let’s look at right now. To really get how big the AI revolution is, we have to compare it only to what AI has done so far. Forget the hype and the sci-fi worries. The last tech jump that changed things this much, globally, … Read more
When Paradigms Shift, Power Follows To really get what’s happening now, we need to look past the marketing from Silicon Valley. We also need to ignore the scary sci-fi stories. We’re not just seeing a new software tool come out. We’re living through something much bigger. It’s a General Purpose Technology. These are rare. They … Read more
A Decentralized Immune Response This series isn’t a prophecy, and it’s not a counsel of despair. It’s a diagnosis. And a diagnosis has one purpose: to make a thing treatable. What follows maps out how a specific kind of containment works. It’s about the slow, engineered transfer of human agency to automated systems owned by … Read more