When we have no touchmarks in common, we have no culture.
Art used to carry the weight of experience. Painters painted from life. Poets bled into their work. Songs came from struggle, joy, faith. Now, AI generates art without memory, music without longing, prose without authorship.
Human civilization depends on a simple premise: we can know what’s real.
A. photo, a recording, a document—these once served as anchors. Evidence. Memory. Reality.
We don't really know how AI works. And it may end up controlling everything
AI is both evolving and emergent--not even AI developers fully understand how they work internally. AI companies are continually surprised by the behaviors and "insights" produced by the systems that they create and manage.
McKinsey has some thoughts
McKinsey public published this article about corporate and organizational incorporation of AI in their future policy, operations and planning.
The ghost is the machine
The brain is the most complex object we know. But until recently, decoding it meant slow scans, sparse signals, and noisy interpretations.
Designing new molecules was once alchemy. Now it’s computation.
AI tools like DeepMind’s AlphaFold and Meta’s ESMFold have mapped protein structure prediction to within atomic accuracy. What was once guesswork is now simulation. And with that clarity comes a new era: designing function, not just observing it.
Using AI, we can design chemicals that are safer, more-effective, and precisely-targeted
The stakes in chemistry and biology are high. A poorly tested compound can poison a community. A misjudged protein interaction can trigger catastrophic immune reactions. Historically, ensuring safety has meant laborious lab work, animal trials, and years of slow iteration.
Figuring out climate change is more than a monkey can do alone
Climate models are the compass of environmental policy—but they’ve long been limited by computational load and coarse resolution.
AI is changing that.
