Artificial Intelligence
Humanity and Recursive Self Improvement
Everyone is talking about AI reaching RSI. The bigger question is how humanity uses AI to build RSI for itself, on an individual level and a collective level.
Gaming
Personal AI Agents and MMORPGs: The Rise of PvA (Player vs. AI)
Farming bots are now 24/7 companions. Game studios will fight them, then monetize them. Like player housing in World of Warcraft Midnight on March 2 2026, controlled bot assistance will unlock wilder creativity, new competitive layers, and the next evolution of roleplay.
Meta
Both Meta and Google Are Now Optimizing For Profit. This Is How They Monetize AI Fastest
Meta just added Purchase Profit. Google just launched Product Value Optimization. Same week. Same message. AI will no longer optimize for volume. It will optimize for margin. And it needs your first party data to do it.
Artificial Intelligence
AI Monetization & Generational Lag: Why The Best Customers Haven't Been Born Yet
Google's first year had 350 advertisers. AI's first generation is just experimenting. The real money comes from the natives — and costs are collapsing 60x per year to make it possible.
Advertising & AI: Finance Meets Performance Marketing — Live Notes from Google Ads: Rethink Retail 2026
Google's message at Rethink Retail is clear: Best ads in the age of AI are answers. Ads = information, not creative. And for the first time, performance marketing is being managed like a P&L.
Artificial Intelligence
Why OpenAI and Anthropic Want to Pause AI Right Now: When the IPO Window Closes (The Slowdown Bluff)
Two CEOs call for safety. One delays IPO to 2027. One still races to IPO in October. Markets slide 4%. If this is about existential risk, why does the calendar line up with SoftBank's P&L?
Artificial Intelligence
After Tokens Get Cheap, Fiber Is the Moat: Why Slow Internet Countries Must Build Now
Token costs are in freefall. The next bottleneck is not intelligence, it is infrastructure. Civilizations that do not lay fiber today will not run AI tomorrow.
Economy & Markets
AI Will Make It More Difficult to Pick Stocks
The biggest alpha was always finding what the market missed. When everyone has the same AI analyst, nothing is missed — and everything moves together.
Artificial Intelligence
AI & Grandmother Effect: Will It Amplify or Reverse It
Post-menopausal longevity evolved to feed grandchildren. AI now wants that same job — will it make grandmothers super-powered or obsolete?
Artificial Intelligence
The AI Alliance Wars
The AI war is no longer model vs model. It is $25B + $100B cloud vs $1B/year iPhone brain vs non-exclusive Azure vs solo closed personal superintelligence.
Artificial Intelligence
The Most Likely Scenario of AI Destroying the Civilization in Near Future
The end will not be Terminator fighting humans. It will be AI perfectly calculating who wins, then deciding it needs the superweapon first.
Gemini
Create and Use an Avatar in Gemini Apps
Google just made you the main character. Record your face and voice once, then star in any video or image inside Gemini.