Why the Real Danger Has Nothing to Do With AI Waking Up If you’ve been following along with parts one and two of this series, here’s the quick recap. Part one: tl;dr; AI is not conscious. It’s a brain in a jar surrounded by plumbing. It lacks the substrate, continuity, stakes, and emergence that seem […]
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Part 2 of 3: Synthetic Consciousness
March 29, 2026 By Leave a Comment
A Better Way to Talk About What AI Actually Is, and Where the Trajectory Might Lead If you missed part one of this series, I’d encourage you to start there. tl;dr; I made the case that AI is not conscious. Not because AI is dumb (it isn’t), but because it lacks the substrate, continuity, stakes, and […]
Part 1 of 3: A Brain in a Jar – AI Isn’t Conscious
March 28, 2026 By Leave a Comment
If you’ve been anywhere near tech news over the past few months, you’ve noticed something unusual happening. The conversation about AI has shifted. We’re no longer just debating whether AI will take our jobs or write better code than we can. We’ve moved into deeper waters. It is now more mainstream as we’re debating whether […]
I Run OpenClaw. Here’s What I Hope Microsoft Gets Right.
March 24, 2026 By Leave a Comment
A few days ago, Omar Shahine posted an announcement on LinkedIn that caught my attention. He announced his new job at Microsoft! His mission? Bring OpenClaw and personal AI agents to Microsoft 365! His TL;DR is that Microsoft just made a Corporate Vice President level bet on the idea that personal agents belong inside the […]
