AI, Luddites, and the Iceberg
AI, the knowledge worker reckoning, and a room full of smart people who don't see it coming. A few months ago, I was at a party. Not a tech party — a normal party, the kind with lawyers and consultants and finance people. Accomplished professionals. Smart, successful, ambitious, and curious people. Over the course
What Game Designers Know That AI Engineers Don’t
You know what I noticed?It is 2026 and AI tools are everywhere: chatbots, coding assistants, writing helpers, analytics platforms and more. Billions in funding. Millions of users signing up, and yet, most people (including me) try them once and never come back.But here's the thing, game designers solved this problem 30 years ago.I've
Parenting the Machine: The EU’s Attempt to Guide an AI That’s Growing Up Too Fast
When you’re a parent, you learn fast that toddlers live in their own world. You spend those early years teaching simple rules and hoping a few of them land. As they grow, you add the deeper lessons—empathy, responsibility, a sense of right and wrong. Now picture skipping most of that guidance and meeting your
Code, Power, and Politics: The Real AI Race
Throughout history, humans have competed for land, resources, and power. Today, the battleground has shifted. Instead of armies marching across borders, we have algorithms racing through data centers. This new struggle is the AI race—a global contest to build, control, and scale the most powerful artificial intelligence systems.Three players now sit in the
On-Device AI: The Future of Instant, Private, Smarter Devices
For the last decade, AI has lived in the cloud: massive data centers, sprawling GPU clusters, endless pipelines moving petabytes of information. It is impressive, sure. But it is also slow, expensive, has connectivity issues, and is fundamentally detached from the real world — which poses a problem for applications like navigation or
Why Training Robots in Games Could Be the Smartest Idea in Tech
At this year’s ITSEC conference, I had the privilege of presenting a topic that is reshaping the future of robotics: training robots using game engines. As the boundaries between simulation and reality continue to blur, game engines—once purely the domain of entertainment—are emerging as powerful platforms for developing intelligent, adaptable robotshttps://youtu.be/_QV_bgzZyyYI am Mike
What Features Do Parents Actually Want in Educational AI Products?
If an educational game isn’t safe, effective, and genuinely fun, I don’t want my kids using it. Even though test results do matter, I also want to be sure that my children are enjoying the learning process and that I am setting them up for life long learning. I also demand trust and
How Game Simulations are Reshaping Military Strategy
The Rise of Game-Driven Simulations For centuries, militaries have relied on war games to test strategies, train commanders, and forecast outcomes. What once took the form of tabletop exercises with tokens and maps has now transformed into large-scale, hyper-realistic simulations powered by game engines like Unreal, Unity, and NVIDIA Omniverse. These environments offer a safe
The Right Kind of Bond. Designing Avatars That Empower
Over the last few months, I have been experimenting with existing conversational avatars — testing their responsiveness, memory, emotional tone, and believability. I have also been designing some of my own. Some are jaw-dropping and convincing, while others are are just clunky and robotic. But one thing is clear: we’re stepping into a future where
Why Training Robots in Fortnite Could Be the Smartest Idea in Tech
What if robots learned like human children, not engineers? The Next Great Leap in Robotics Let’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