COMING SOON!
I’m excited to introduce Turning On Machines, a provocative and timely nonfiction book that explores humanity’s accelerating collision (and collaboration) with artificial intelligence. AI is dominating headlines, boardrooms, and policy circles, but the conversation often swings between sensationalism and fear. This book meets the moment with clarity, structure, and a grounded voice that helps readers make sense of what’s coming—and what it means for them.
Blending the social curiosity of Malcolm Gladwell, the foresight of Max Tegmark, and my own decade-long focus on exponential computing, Turning On Machines reveals how machines are no longer just tools we use. They are becoming partners, competitors, and mirrors, reflecting both the promise and peril of our progress.
Structured in three acts (Rise, Revolt, and Reverence), the book guides readers through humanity’s co-evolution with machines, the backlash against automation, and the dawning age of AI intimacy and integration. It is written for professionals, creatives, technologists, and skeptics alike—those who sense a major shift but don’t yet have the language or clarity to navigate it.
Before ChatGPT or mainstream agent platforms existed, I was tracking teraflop benchmarks and forecasting human-level machine cognition based on raw supercomputing data and Moore’s Law pattern recognition. That early research, paired with a background in recruiting, leadership, and applied AI, forms the backbone of a book that is not only timely, but deeply informed.
In a media landscape oversaturated with hype and doom, Turning On Machines offers something rare: nuanced hope. It delivers an actionable framework for self-reflection, societal readiness, and the pursuit of human-machine partnership—not as a novelty, but as a necessity.
Anticipated Launch Date: Late Summer 2025