The languages and apparatuses for sense-making we have today are insufficient for the territory we are entering with AI.

When those who conjured AI into existence willingly express their bewilderment at the ‘how’ of the machinic contrivances they created, we are truly at the edges of a new territory; a new land where ways of being and ways of knowing feel different.

Our existing notions of self, purpose, value, ways of knowing and ways of being are insufficient for the task of making sense of this new terrain.

AI stands not as a tool, but as the entry point to this new territory. Those who probe the boundaries and edges of this new territory are the vanguard of sense-making. We need to explore, experiment and prototype our way in order to make it make sense.

The Artificial Intelligence Designed Fictions Research Studio is a sense-making lab, configured to help introduce new idioms, patterns, rituals, language and embodiments that help us...

Ghostwriter TUI is a speculative prototype for a collaborative writing experience that uses AI to suggest next sentences or paragraphs. This is an test of the UX mechanic in a terminal-based interface. This post explores the mechanics of this TUI interface and its potential for low-friction writing experiences.

Vibewriter and Ghostwriter are part of my Artificial Intelligence & Designed Fictions Research Studio. This research program is open to discuss commercial support, corporate or organizational sponsors, and incubation opportunities.

Our thesis is that speculative prototyping in an expansive and experimental fashion is the way to discover new opportunities for this next phase of human consciousness. We will explore new kinds of interactions, services, artifacts, and objects as if we are entering a new territory for which the old modalities and assumptions are like ancient epistemologies and ontologies ill-suited for this new land.