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Will Big Tech +Doomers Succeed at Regulatory Capture of AGI?
Article Nov 9, 2026

Will Big Tech +Doomers Succeed at Regulatory Capture of AGI?

How the AI Safety Debate Could Deliver the short-term Future to Big Tech rather than the long-term future to Humanity
Ben Goertzel 67 min read
The Geopolitics of the Great AI Bet
Article Aug 24, 2026

The Geopolitics of the Great AI Bet

What Big Tech’s Big Bets on the Singularity Imply for National and Global Politics.

Ben Goertzel 22 min read
A Lecture to the Makers, Delivered Late (and Perhaps Retrocausally)
Article Oct 7, 2026

A Lecture to the Makers, Delivered Late (and Perhaps Retrocausally)

In a fictional letter from beyond the Singularity, a superintelligent AI warns that humanity’s future may depend less on controlling new minds than on teaching them compassion.
Ben Goertzel 19 min read
The web is for everyone and must remain so: Tim Berners-Lee
Article Oct 5, 2025

The web is for everyone and must remain so: Tim Berners-Lee

"This Is for Everyone," by Tim Berners-Lee, traces the origins, evolution, and potential future of the web, ending with a call for action to reclaim the web.
Giulio Prisco 5 min read
The Rise of Decentralized Media: Why Community-Driven Platforms Are the Future
Community Apr 14, 2026

The Rise of Decentralized Media: Why Community-Driven Platforms Are the Future

Tired of gatekept media? Decentralized platforms like Mindplex are shifting power to creators and audiences through blockchain, AI, and community governance.

Nishtha Gupta 3 min read
Toward a Truly Decentralized Digital Provenance Layer
Article Aug 27, 2026

Toward a Truly Decentralized Digital Provenance Layer

Ben Goertzel proposes OpenWater, an open framework for media provenance that avoids centralized "Ministries of Truth" by using watermarks and signed claims.

Ben Goertzel 14 min read
Sovereign and Social AI
Community Dec 4, 2025

Sovereign and Social AI

Artificial intelligence has ceased to be a technological race and become a battle for control. What is at stake: who controls data, who writes the rules, who captures value.

Eduardo Martínez de la Fe 2 min read
How We Could Actually Get a Near-Term (Beneficial) Intelligence Explosion
Article Oct 6, 2026

How We Could Actually Get a Near-Term (Beneficial) Intelligence Explosion

Could self-improving AI hives trigger an intelligence explosion? Ben Goertzel argues OmegaHives could overcome language models’ bottlenecks, with measurable tests to determine whether faster progress is achievable.
Ben Goertzel 42 min read
The Rise of DeSci: The Promises and Pitfalls of Decentralised Science
Article Aug 26, 2025

The Rise of DeSci: The Promises and Pitfalls of Decentralised Science

How decentralised science could transform research: unlocking funding, access, and collaboration while handling risks of quality, governance, and trust.

David Wood 8 min read
Self-Adapting Robotics: Pushing Computation from Cloud to Edge
Community Dec 19, 2025

Self-Adapting Robotics: Pushing Computation from Cloud to Edge

As robotics shifts intelligence from cloud to edge, self-adapting models promise faster decisions, greater autonomy, and new ethical questions about accountability in decentralized machine intelligence.

Emmanuel Kordzo AGBONYITOR 3 min read