Presentations
Forgotten Futures
A critical exploration of AI's evolutionary path, examining how winters shaped the field and proposing intelligence as practice rather than service. Introduces Rizom as living infrastructure for collective intelligence.
Becoming Narrow Minded
Originally presented in 2020, updated for 2025. Combining many single-purpose narrow AIs is a better approach than chasing general AI moonshots. The thesis remains as relevant as ever in the age of LLMs.
Bots With An Attitude
A framework for designing ethical, creative, and intelligent collaborative tools. Explores state machine-based bots that augment community knowledge work.
Have Your Agent Call My Agent
A philosophical exploration of how AI agents are evolving from tools into genuine participants in human work, and why the future of collaboration depends on designing systems where agents and humans work as equals in shared ecosystems of knowledge and trust.
Good People Are Not Enough
A philosophical and practical reframing of Rizom: moving from a group of talented individuals to a truly collaborative collective, by making our capacities and needs legible—because good people alone are not enough.