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The Origin of AI : A Fairy Tale, Part 1
Once upon a time… waaay back in the 1800s, some men became fascinated with the machines they were building: sewing machines, weaving machines, even wheeled machines. It seemed that everything people and horses could do, the machines were better, faster, and stronger at. Plus, the machines never tired. Sure, they needed repaired every once so…
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All About AI Alignment
Alignment. For most people, myself included until recently, an “alignment” is something you might have gotten done the last time you bought a new set of tires for your car, or… for the slightly geekier amongst us, perhaps it’s the arcane personality trait from Dungeons & Dragons that determines your character’s moral compass & motivations…
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Humanity’s Alien Encounter Moment: Planning for the Singularity… Critical Choices Ahead
We, as individuals, communities, and in total as a species, have a very brief window of opportunity, beginning now. Where WE can be the writers of this story. Where WE can make some key decisions & critical choices that profoundly affect the outcome for ourselves, our children, and our children’s children. We are on the…
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UBI vs UBE : The Dignity of Work 2026
These are two of my neighbors here in the elusive paradise (hell?) of Santa Monica California. One gets UBI. One has UBE. UBI vs UBE. What’s the difference? Turns out, its profound. Allow me to illustrate. I often run for several miles here, downtown, on legendary Palisades Park, and on and about the Venice Boardwalk,…
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Ground Zero Great Depression 2029 : Santa Monica California
SANTA MONICA CA sits right the intersection of some massive societal forces. Those are, for beginners : wealthy wage slaves, Malibu day trippers, Beverly Hills deal makers, permanently homeless, meth addicts, mentally ill, American tourists, International husband hunters, retired models (attractive women in their 30s), and, perhaps most strangely, a high population of AI-powered robots…
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The Secret Lives of Rogue AI : Prove You’re Not Human
Answer only if you’re 100% Positive: “I’m not a Robot.” a.k.a. “Prove You’re a Real Live Human Being.” You’ve seen this test before, right? Hopefully — perhaps after multiple attempts — you’ve passed it. But now there’s a new test in town, that only a select few have seen: “Prove You’re an Agentic AI.” For…
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Founder Calibration: Building the Plane as we Learn to Fly
Much is written these days about “daily habits of successful founders.” But not so much about Founder Calibration. Working full time for most of the past year with my partner Graceann Bennett on Graxxia Holy Water, we have adopted many of these patterns — primary amongst them waking up before sunrise — but by far…
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Why I’m Anti Waymo, and Pro Human Drivers
when I first moved to Santa Monica, I was very excited to witness my first Waymo RoboTaxi (and my first Optimus humanoid robot). I took my first ride in 2023, and having spent years working at the bleeding edge of functional computer vision / machine learning research, I was — technically — quite impressed. My…
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Meet your new AI Therapist : Layin on tha Couch, talkin to Chat…
An ever-growing number of my friends have told me (I often ask “What do you ask ChatGPT?”) that they use an AI Therapist as their primary go-to for mental health therapy. Responses often go something along the lines of “Chat listens, he hears me, he gives really good insight and advice, and… (and this is…
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AI Supermodel : And They All Came Tumbling Down 2025
The August 2025 issue of Vogue magazine featured a two-page ad spread by Guess…. with? An AI Supermodel. Two well-established brands in the fashion industry. Two well-financed entities. And this is the punchline: For whatever reason, Guess decided to commission an AI artist to create AI supermodel fakes. And to place a teeny-weeny near invisible…
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Bigfoot and Yeti VLOG / Sasquatch Buddie AI-Video Meme Floods the 2025 Internets
Almost overnight, a new content form has literally done a viral takeover of my Instagram reels. If you haven’t seen it yet, you will soon. The algorithm wants you to. Its AI Video, and called, variously, the “Bigfoot and Yeti VLOG“, “Sasquatch & Yeti,” “Bigfoot, Yeti & the Hussies” etc. What is it? Why is…
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