The Algorithm Goes to War
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 What the use of Claude AI in the Iran campaign means — and what it means for the world.Most people
How Game Simulations are Reshaping Military Strategy
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.
The Right Kind of Bond. Designing Avatars That Empower
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,
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 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
A Day In The Near Future?
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
The Age of the Talking Machine
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 Conversational AI Is Rewriting Education and Work In every era, there emerges a new voice that reshapes how we learn,
First Principles Thinking: Innovation vs. Regulation
Risk and Restraint: The Dance of ProgressIt has always been the fate of civilizations to be pulled in two directions at once—between those who leap and those who like to hold back, between the gambler and the guardian, between the Prometheus who reaches for fire and the cautious father who warns of burning
What is Machine Learning? — A high level overview of machine learning and how you can start using it.
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 What is Machine Learning?Machine learning (ML) is the development of computer systems that allows them to learn from data and
Why Refining Language Models Could Be A Smart Move
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 Reasons You Should Consider Refining A LLMA lot of companies are waking up to the power of large language models
Vibe Coding: Giving Good or Bad Vibes?
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 What is Vibe Coding?Vibe Coding, a term coined by OpenAIco-founder Andrej Karpathy, is a new style of programming where developers