Michael SorrentiI help companies design products people can’t stop using | Creative Technologist | Product design & AI Advisory | Builder for Disney, ESPN, Mattel, Marvel & Nickelodeon | Founder, Game Pill The Rise of Game-Driven SimulationsFor centuries, militaries have relied on war games to test strategies, train commanders, and forecast outcomes.

Michael SorrentiI help companies design products people can’t stop using | Creative Technologist | Product design & AI Advisory | Builder for Disney, ESPN, Mattel, Marvel & Nickelodeon | Founder, Game Pill Over the last few months, I have been experimenting with existing conversational avatars — testing their responsiveness, memory, emotional tone,

What if robots learned like human children, not engineers?The Next Great Leap in RoboticsLet’s be blunt: real-world robotics training is broken. It’s slow, dangerous, expensive—and always a step behind.But what if we flipped the paradigm? What if robots could play before they work?What if we trained them not in labs or warehouses, but

Michael SorrentiI help companies design products people can’t stop using | Creative Technologist | Product design & AI Advisory | Builder for Disney, ESPN, Mattel, Marvel & Nickelodeon | Founder, Game Pill The house awoke first, as it always did, with a sigh of hydraulics and soft whirs behind the drywall. A