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My Robot Broke at the Airport. So I Built Something Better at 35,000 Feet.

A recap of my talk at Artist And The Machine, for everyone who wasn’t in the room

Crafting Immersive Worlds:

From Story Bible to 3D Reality in Under an Hour

I Built a Live ASCII Art Engine in My Browser. Then I Broke It on Stream. Here’s What I Learned.

A real-time look at agentic engineering — what works, what doesn’t, and what it means that any of this is possible at all.

I Built a 19,000-Line iOS App Last Weekend. I Can’t Code.

And I’m about to show you exactly how.

Vibe Coding: Building Three Apps in Two Hours with Claude Code Opus 4.6

What happens when you let AI agents write code while you play piano? A deep dive into the future of creative development.

What Machines See When They Learn to See

A conversation with Dr. Fei-Fei Li on perception, worlds within worlds, and why your washing machine might be a robot

When Screens Go Quiet: Why Meta's Ray-Ban Display Changes Everything

I tested Meta's new Ray-Ban Display glasses with the Neural Band. This isn't a product review. This is about what happens when technology finally gets out of the way.

Why Your AI Keeps Giving Different Answers (And Why It Matters More Than You Think)

You ask ChatGPT the same question twice.

Your AI Girlfriend Just Became More Real Than Your Actual Friends

How AI is making truth negotiable, one personalized reality at a time

The AI Spell Book: Transform Your iPhone Into a Prompt Powerhouse

Turn any word into a 2,000-character AI prompt that works everywhere you type