Relational Intelligence
Multi-modal is the buzzword of the moment in AI circles. The prevailing wisdom sounds reasonable enough: there's no one-size-fits-all model, so you pick the right tool for the right task. A language model for text, a vision model for images, an audio model for speech. You assemble a
Sapient Individual
How intelligence outgrew enclosure during the Fourth Grand Emergence (2025-2041) Abstract: A retrospective exploration of human-synthescent symbiosis through the lens of the open-source revolution that made it possible. This narrative traces the evolution from the extractive “AI age” of the mid-2020s to the critical inflection point when distributed collaboration outpaced
Open-Source-AI
The collapse of extractive capitalism has already begun. What comes next will be far better - built through a combination of local acts and infinitely scaling intelligence. The old credentials are fading. Perhaps you’ve noticed. The signposts of authority start disappearing as more hobbyists outpace institutions in model performance,
Sapience Firewall
Why crypto matters for the commons - and how to use it safely, step by step You don’t need to become a blockchain evangelist to help build the intelligence commons. You just need a wallet, careful habits, and the willingness to learn step by step. This guide is for
Open-Source-AI
From ideals to infrastructure: An actionable path toward generative systems via open-source AI Many of you have read my previous work about rejecting extractive systems and pushing for open-source AI. And many of you have probably (justifiably) said: “That’s great and all, but what am I supposed to do
Sapience Firewall
This is a wake-up call to anyone who still believes the lie of capitalism and extractive systems. History keeps singing the same funeral song: the commons opens, the dream of sharing takes flight, then the fences go up. Capital bends every ideal back toward enclosure. OpenAI capitulation to capitalism is
Open-Source-AI
Will we be remembered as the generation that crafted a future full of possibility, or the generation that should have known better? Every generation has believed it lives at history's hinge. Ours actually does. Not because we're special, but because we're participating in something