A decade with Peter Gabriel's orbit, LEGO figures in 2014, ChatGPT in 2023, a Stable Diffusion competition, and what the whole arc reveals about visibility, signal, and what AI actually changes. In September 2014, a LEGO figure I had built and posted on Instagram was spotted by Peter Gabriel's social media team. They emailed me....
Category: Lego
Can AI Consulting Be Explained With a Box of Bricks?
A lighthearted experiment that ended up revealing something deeper about systems thinking. “Systems thinking has always been at the heart of good engineering, and AI consulting is no different.” I’ve been wondering whether AI consulting can be explained through the analogy of a popular toy brick. On the surface, the comparison feels obvious: both involve...
Turns Out My LEGO Addiction Is Actually Neuroscience
It turns out, my obsession with LEGO isn’t just nostalgia; it’s neuroscience. Like many with aphantasia, I can't picture things in my mind. No mental images. No visual recall. Ask me to imagine a Minimoog synthesizer, and I can't summon a single knob or panel. But put LEGO bricks in my hands? I can build...
LegoGPT When AI Meets LEGO
Through my other project Musical Brick, I recreate iconic concert stages, musical instruments, and minifigure likenesses of legendary musicians. That’s why LegoGPT immediately caught my attention (thanks to James). An AI that builds LEGO models that not only match text prompts but also physically stand! It feels like a glimpse into the future of creative...
