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From Operator to AI Teammates: The Next Evolution of Autonomous AI
Revisits an early prediction about OpenAI’s Operator as a new generation of AI agents moves from automating tasks to working alongside people.
The Internet Didn’t Catch Fire. But AI Just Exposed Its Cracks.
The third chapter in a series on agentic AI, cybersecurity and digital trust.
The AI Power Problem, Part II: The Clean Energy Beneath Our Feet
Looks at enhanced geothermal energy as one answer to AI’s growing electricity demand.
The Coming Software Reckoning: When AI Can Rebuild What Customers Have Been Paying For
How vibe coding and agentic AI threaten established SaaS and software business models.
Jev, LLMs, and the Road to AGI: Are We Getting Closer, or Just Building Better Engines?
Asks whether today’s large language models are a path to general intelligence or a better class of engine.
Stop Asking Whether It Was Made by AI. The Better Question Is: What Did the Human Contribute?
On authorship and authenticity when professionals use AI in their work.
AI, Quantum Computing and the Future of Scientific Discovery
Can AI solve humanity’s hardest mathematical problems without quantum computers, and what happens to science if it can?
Quantum + AI: The Future Is Not a Replacement Race. It Is a New Computing Stack
Argues that AI and quantum computing are more likely to cooperate than compete.
Beyond the Silicon Pulpit: Resolving the Trust Deficit Between Society and Frontier AI
On why public trust, more than benchmarks, now shapes the AI conversation.
The Watermark Changes Nothing: AI Is Still a Tool, Not the Author
Revisits the case for generative AI as a legitimate tool in an age of content provenance.
Are We Intelligent Enough to Understand the Universe?
Follows the thread from entropy and information theory to the limits of human understanding.
The Most Advanced Cars in the World Still Depend on a 19th-Century Technology
Software-defined, autonomous vehicles still rest on a technology from the 1800s.
The Hidden Risk Behind the AI Revolution: What Happens When Your Platform Disappears?
Platform dependency as a strategic risk for companies building on AI.
One Year Later: AI Recursion Is No Longer a Theory
Reflections on recursive self-improvement, a year after writing about the intelligence explosion.
From Banning AI to Redesigning Assessment
What has changed in education since he first wrote about generative AI in 2023.
AI’s Next Bottleneck Is Not Intelligence. It Is Electricity.
Why power supply may limit AI progress more than models or chips.
10 Months Ago, I Asked a Question About Cybersecurity and Agentic AI…
Revisits an earlier warning about agentic AI security in light of a major industry security initiative.
Quantum Computing: Why Business Leaders Should Pay Attention Now
Quantum computing is moving out of the “interesting but not practical” category.
Cloud Under Fire: Why the AWS Incident Should Change How We Think About Cloud in Saudi Arabia and the GCC
What a regional cloud disruption means for executives, regulators and technology leaders in the Gulf.
The Axis of Better: Why Being “Best” Is the Fastest Way to Become Invisible
Why consultants and vendors who compete on being better become interchangeable.
Don’t Bet Against AI: From Data to Wisdom and the Real Limits That Still Matter
Where AI’s real limits are, and where they are not.
Why Are There So Few True Risk-Takers in Business and Entrepreneurship?
What separates people who take the leap from those who freeze.
AI’s Accelerating Reality: Why the Future May Arrive Sooner Than We Think
Three years after ChatGPT, a look at how fast AI is reshaping work.
Spintronics: A Quantum Leap Beyond Traditional Computing
Computing with electron spin rather than charge.
AI and the Magic of Recursion: Approaching the Intelligence Explosion
Recursion as a lens on self-improving AI.
From Chatbots to Cyber-Worms: Why the Age of Agentic AI Demands Radical Rethinking of Cybersecurity
Agentic AI opens a new security surface, including AI worms and prompt injection.
8 AI Storylines, June 2025
Eight developments across AI research, policy, energy and investment in the first half of 2025.
Microsoft Builds the Agentic Web: Transforming Development in 2025 and Beyond
Reading Microsoft’s Build 2025 vision for an open, agentic web.
Entropy, Information Theory, and the Fundamental Limits of Computers
From steam engines to smartphones: entropy as a limit on computation. Published as a deep-research paper.
From the Pitch to the Codebase: How Software Teams Resemble Soccer Clubs
An analogy for roles, strategy and teamwork in software companies.
DeepSeek Outpaces ChatGPT: A New Challenger Redefining the AI Landscape
What DeepSeek’s rise meant for the global AI industry.
How OpenAI’s Operator Outpaces Traditional RPA
Why browser-based AI agents could replace rules-based automation.
Strategy vs. Planning: Why Most Strategic Planning Is Not Strategy in SaaS Businesses
Applies Roger Martin’s distinction between strategy and planning to SaaS companies.
Generative AI: A Tool, Not a Shameful Shortcut
Using AI to articulate ideas does not diminish their value.
Understanding the Plateau of Latent Potential: A Guide to Progress and Patience
Why progress in skills and careers rarely looks linear.
The Future of SaaS in the Era of AI Agents
Responding to the claim that apps will give way to agents.
The Rise of Generative AI: Adapt or Be Replaced
How generative AI is reshaping the way we work, communicate and create.
The Glorious Battle: Software Implementers vs. The Mighty Guardians of the Status Quo
The hardest part of software implementation is often change management, not technology.
الفروقات بين نظام إدارة الدورة التدريبية (CMS)، نظام إدارة التعلم (LMS)، البيئة الافتراضية للتعلم (VLE)، ومنصة تجربة التعلم (LXP)
شرح الفروق بين أنظمة إدارة الدورات والتعلم والبيئات الافتراضية ومنصات تجربة التعلم.
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Embracing the Future of Education: The Role of Metaverse Managers in Metaversities
A new role as universities bring metaverse technologies into teaching.
Illusion of Knowledge & Knowledge of Illusion
Fantasy and reality in the age of the internet, social media and AI.
Exploring the Dual Nature of AI: Navigating Between Innovation and Ethical Challenges
AI’s potential for good and the ethical questions that come with it.
The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains
A reading of Nicholas Carr’s book on technology and human thought.
Transform Your Digital Transformation (DX) Journey with Emerging Technologies in Higher Education
How universities can use emerging technologies to drive digital transformation.
The Imperative of Digital Preservation in an Age of Evolving Dependency on Online Services
Why digital storage needs a preservation strategy.
Leveraging Generative AI in Education: A Balanced Perspective
An early view on generative AI in education, written in 2023.
GPUs: Demand vs. Availability
Why LLM demand for GPUs matters beyond gaming.
VerbionPulse: The Heartbeat of Digital Change
The launch edition of the VerbionPulse newsletter on digital transformation.