AI is not so much a tool that everyone uses in more or less the same way, but a mirror in which we see our own reflection–if we care to look. Attention has been riveted on what AI can do for the three years since the unveiling of ChatGPT, but very […]
The rise of artificial intelligence (AI) has been alarmingly rapid since 2022. Before then, AI was considered little more than a plaything or a novelty. But now it is transforming businesses, wiping out entire categories of office jobs, and threatening human liberty. The first practical release of the Claude AI code-writing […]
Watch on Substack Here’s the stories for the week: Meta’s Content AI Abused by Governments: An anonymous group has released the first part of their data leak analysis from Meta’s Integrity Labs. They allege that Meta’s reporting system was abused to minimize discussion around Palestine in the wake of October 7th. […]
Geoengineering in the form of modifying the weather happens. It can save decimation of farmer livelihoods by mitigating droughts, and it can risk the global food supply by reducing crop growth. Like nuclear fission, it’s useful in the hands of sane people working with the knowledge and assent of the […]
There has been a noticeable shift in the narrative over what is going on in Washington, DC. I say Technocracy. Others used to say Communism, socialism, or fascism. Now it’s being called Communitarianism. The uptake on this word to mask Technocracy is stunning. It’s unprecedented. It might be that you are […]
News headlines are focused on AI innovations. Not so much on the input, but on the output. The good, the bad, and the ridiculously ugly parts. It’s mostly entertainment. They want the spectacle—the robot that will fold their laundry, do the dishes, and guide them to their next best purchase […]
“We are going to unleash American drone dominance,” said Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy. New Drone Rules Reuters reports US Proposes New Drone Rules May Lead to Starbucks, Amazon Deliveries. The U.S. Transportation Department is proposing new rules to speed deployment of drones beyond the visual line of sight of operators, a […]
Some organizations and researchers are sharing neural network weights, particularly through the open-weight model movement. These include Meta’s Llama series, Mistral’s models, and DeepSeek’s open-weight releases, which claim to democratize access to powerful AI. But doing so raises not only security concerns, but potentially an existential threat. For background, I have written […]
Today is August 14th 2025 and we have just finished recording the latest episode of ‘The Round Table’ at the Ickonic studios in Derbyshire. It was an absolutely fascinating discussion across a wide range of topics between myself, Christianne Van Wijk, Jaymie, Gareth and David Icke. In the second part […]
Let’s summarize our thought experiment: the AI Mania scores 100% on all eight metrics of a Psych-Ops. Before you scream, “Oh no, not again–could somebody please take off his tin-foil hat?”, hear me out. Let’s do a thought experiment exploring this question: Is The AI Mania a Psych-Ops? If it walks […]