From Sophia to Diella

Back in 2017, I wrote about Sophia, the humanoid robot who became a Saudi citizen. Yes, for those who don’t remember or didn’t know, it happened.  It felt absurd, but important. Sophia showed us what happens when machines cross into spaces once reserved for humans. She was theater, yes—but theater that changed the debate. Now, in 2025, the theater has become reality. Albania has appointed … Continue reading From Sophia to Diella

From Dial-Up to GPT-5

How the AI Moment Rhymes with the Internet’s Dawn Or Does it? Going back for the summer to Spain to visit family, I found myself in my mom’s basement—dust motes in the sunbeams, the faint smell of cardboard and old paper, and boxes labeled in my younger handwriting. In one, under envelopes of old photos from my photo-journalistic period and the detritus of a pre-cloud … Continue reading From Dial-Up to GPT-5

Co-Intelligence

Co-Intelligence and the Rise of the Bionic Workplace

What happens when every worker becomes a node in a larger, thinking system—part biological, part digital, all intentional? More than two years after ChatGPT’s debut disrupted the language of the internet—and the internet of language—artificial intelligence has grown from a spectacle into infrastructure. This year’s Forbes AI 50 list doesn’t just highlight $142 billion worth of AI ambition; it sketches the blueprint of a new … Continue reading Co-Intelligence and the Rise of the Bionic Workplace

Is Data the New Dialogue?

Does Elon Musk want to really help humanity? With over 2.8 billion monthly active users, Meta’s platforms generate an ocean of conversational data daily. What could this mean for the future of AI, and on a related topic, how might Elon Musk’s Twitter fit into this landscape? In the ever-evolving field of artificial intelligence, Machine Learning (ML) and Large Language Models (LLMs) are transforming how … Continue reading Is Data the New Dialogue?