When consciousness condenses, the drops become words.
Models, tools and people behind what we call artificial intelligence. "AI" doesn't exist as a single technology: it's a horse that matters for how you rig it and who holds the reins. Two projects I built this summer — a Thai temple and a medieval village — and the lesson I wasn't expecting.
No magic prompts — context, process and orchestration. How I went from using AI as an oracle to directing a team of hyper-focused specialists, and which skills actually matter now.
On 30 August 2023 I took my daughter to a Thai monastery without knowing it was the last day of Kruba Noi's life. The account of an encounter I only just missed, and of a question I still carry: is it still possible to become a saint today?
