Writing
Essays
Thoughts on AI, robotics, generative systems, and the practice of building.
From Google Street View to Robotic Painters: Lessons in Platform Thinking
How two decades of building platforms — from launching YouTube across Asia Pacific to architecting AI pipelines — taught me that the best systems disappear into the work they enable.
Platform ThinkingGoogleRoboticsCareerDeveloper Ecosystems
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The Case for Cross-Modal AI: Why Synthaesthetic Systems Matter
Most AI systems operate within a single modality. The most interesting frontier is where modalities collide — translating sound to image, gesture to painting, language to physical action.
Generative AIMultimodal AIResearchSynthaesthetic ArtRobotics
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What Building a Robot for the Sydney Opera House Taught Me About AI
The hardest part of building a musical AI robot wasn't the machine learning. It was understanding what it means for a machine to perform alongside humans.
RoboticsAICreative TechnologyPerformanceReflection
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