Writing · Opinion & field notes
Notes on putting AI to work.
Essays and working notes for researchers, founders, and anyone trying to decide where AI actually fits.
How the World Is Wired: building Topologies
Why I built an interactive atlas of global infrastructure across 20 lenses — and what mapping submarine cables, chip fabs, and power grids taught me about how fragile (and concentrated) the modern world really is.
Building an 18-class idle RPG by directing AI agents
I tried to find the ceiling of what you can build by directing AI agents instead of typing the code — and got a genuinely deep browser RPG. The lesson was about architecture, not model smarts.
Don’t be fooled by AI doctors
AI doctors are coming. Some will be careful and certified; others will be sales funnels and snake oil. Here’s the part that worries me.
The ethics of AI: how do we overcome the bias?
Garbage in, garbage out. How AI inherits our oldest prejudices — and four honest ways we could do better.
The rise of deepfakes, and the challenge of truth
Seeing used to be believing. Deepfakes broke that — and the fix has as much to do with us as with the technology.
You’re wrong — AI will take your job. Eventually.
Everyone insists AI will take someone else’s job, never their own. I think we’re all a little wrong — and that’s mostly fine.
A new podcast: What The Iffing If?
A new show with my friend Janne Eskola, poking at the alternative futures of society, technology, and basically anything.
Nothing in that corner yet — try another thread.