Embodied Personal AssistantsMobile personal assistants (PA) should guard the customer data with their life; they should not be designed to share customer data with…Sep 10, 2020Sep 10, 2020
Published inThe StartupNeural Science and AR/VR limitationsTwo years ago, after reading the glowing media reviews of upcoming VR headsets in virtually all tech publication, I chose to attend the…Apr 23, 2020Apr 23, 2020
Published inThe StartupDo Brains Actually Perform Information Processing?The vast majority of AI and neural science researchers adopted the information processing metaphor as the model for the workings of the…Apr 12, 20201Apr 12, 20201
Published inBrainChroniclesA.I. Circuits vs. Life Fields.This article is an excerpt from my upcomming book Dynamics of Life. It is a bit longer and not an easy read but perhaps worth reading to…Mar 17, 2019Mar 17, 2019
Published inDataDrivenInvestorHow to Build a Better SiriLet me start with two true stories. A few years ago I asked my phone’s assistant in Seattle: “Where is the Swedish hospital?” The answer…Jan 21, 2019Jan 21, 2019
Published inDataDrivenInvestorMerleau-Ponty and the A.I.Virtually all A.I. researchers, being Cartesian Dualists, fundamentally misunderstand the workings of the human brainJan 7, 2019Jan 7, 2019
Midterm Elections and the BlockchainI never thought that voting, being a centuries-old legacy process, would be an essential application for the blockchain. After all, the…Nov 21, 2018Nov 21, 2018
The Crisis in the ValleySomeone said that the first sign of company decline is the erection of imposing new headquarters. By this standard, Apple, Google, and…May 1, 2018May 1, 2018
American IdolsMy new book, The God of Scientism, argues that modern scientism, attempting to replace religious beliefs with the “objective scientific…Apr 8, 2018Apr 8, 2018
Mass Media and the End of NationsWhen Hollywood and NASA join forces and send Matt Damon to Mars to grow potatoes, science becomes propaganda. Thousands sign up for a one…Mar 23, 2018Mar 23, 2018