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  • This Is Why You Should Be Terrified of “Smart” Cities

    This Is Why You Should Be Terrified of “Smart” Cities

    (Because the sidewalk shouldn’t need a software update) The City That Never Stops Staring Smart-city evangelists promise cleaner air and trash cans that tweet when they’re full. Cute. But behind every “intelligent bin” is a CCTV…

  • The Metaverse Mortgage Crisis: Imaginary Real Estate, Real-World Debt

    The Metaverse Mortgage Crisis: Imaginary Real Estate, Real-World Debt

    Welcome to the next housing bubble—now with 100% fewer houses. While you were doom-scrolling Zillow, the “future of the internet” sold your neighbor a digital penthouse on Moonbeam District Parcel #42 for the price of a…

  • The AI Future No One’s Hyping

    The AI Future No One’s Hyping

    There’s a version of the future where AI doesn’t destroy the world.But it also doesn’t save it. No apocalyptic takeover. No utopian leap. Just… more tools, more chaos, more weird. The revolution was quiet. It showed…

  • AI in War: The Silent Power That Could End Us All

    AI in War: The Silent Power That Could End Us All

    We’ve seen the rise of autonomous drones, AI-driven warfare, and now even algorithmic warfare strategies. You might think this is the stuff of dystopian movies, but the reality is much worse—it’s already happening. The question isn’t…

  • You’re Not Addicted to AI. You’re Addicted to Avoiding Yourself.

    You’re Not Addicted to AI. You’re Addicted to Avoiding Yourself.

    “What you call ‘productivity’ might just be self-erasure with a to-do list.”—Still sound like a time-saver? We like to say we’re addicted to our phones. To screens. To “the algorithm.” But that’s not quite it, is…

  • The Next 10 Years of AI: What We Can Actually Expect

    Spoiler: It’s not world domination—but it’s not harmless, either. The future of AI won’t arrive in a sentient flash. It’ll seep in—line by line, task by task, until we realize half our workflows are ghostwritten by…

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Predictions or plans?
We forecast with exits. Each take comes with a “what would change our mind.”
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Quarters, not decades. If it can’t affect a roadmap, it’s a bedtime story.
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We stamp the call today and revisit later. Wrong on record beats vague forever.
How to track?
Patch Notes + boring demos. Less prophecy, more post-mortems.

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This isn’t just a blog—it’s a running dialogue with the systems shaping your future. Talking to the Machines is our behind-the-screens series: the prompt tests, contradictions, and quiet reveals you won’t hear in a press release.

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