I’m Writing Again

For those of you who are still here — and given how long it’s been, “still here” is a real act of patience — thank you. I haven’t written a column since 2022.

Just like everyone else, I’ve been busy all this time on Artificial Intelligence, founding with two partners a company called 2Brains (why it wasn’t 3Brains I’ll never know) that I will explain to you shortly. The work we were doing together is unfinished, but it’s not stopped. The patents are filed, the architecture is documented, and the small team continuing the work includes me. Writing is part of how I think; not writing for three years has felt like holding my breath.

So I’m back. Not on a fixed schedule yet — I’ll publish when I have something worth saying — but back. The first real piece is coming this week, and it makes the case that the trillion-dollar bet the AI industry is making right now may be wrong, and that there’s an architectural alternative we’ve patented and built. We’ll see what you think.

For the readers who’ve been here since the InfoWorld days, or the PBS series, or the early years of this site: I’m grateful you waited. For the readers who found me more recently and are wondering what they signed up for: welcome. The work continues.

— Bob