What is ExplorAItions?
AI is moving fast—faster than most of us know how to process. The headlines are usually about what it can do: writing essays, debugging code, passing professional exams, generating images. Impressive stuff.
Less in the headlines, but arguably more important, is what’s happening on the other side of the screen:
How are we—the humans—changing in response?
I’m not a machine learning expert or software engineer. I’m someone who works with ideas for a living: designing research, advising organizations, building growth strategies, solving messy problems. And recently, AI—especially large language models—have become part of my daily toolkit.
I’ve been using these tools to think through complex questions, prototype personal apps (despite no formal coding experience), conduct market research, generate strategy drafts, and even help redesign my living space. Along the way, I’ve been watching for deeper patterns—insights into the phenomenology of being a human in the age of AI.
ExplorAItions is where I’m documenting those experiments, ideas, and questions. It’s a field journal of sorts—focused not on what AI is, but on what it does to human thinking, behavior, organizations, and creative work.
What kind of topics will you find here?
This won’t be a “how-to” blog or a news digest. Instead, I’ll explore topics like:
- Cognitive shifts — How using AI changes the way we brainstorm, make decisions, or get unstuck
- Emotional undercurrents — What it’s like to collaborate with a machine that can seem empathetic—or eerily detached
- Tool habits — The emerging rituals and workflows that help (or hinder) creative and productive work with AI
- New literacies — What we need to learn—not about the tech itself, but about how to ask better questions, frame better prompts, and evaluate AI outputs
- Human limits and strengths — How to retain (or reclaim) uniquely human judgment, play, and meaning-making in the midst of automation
- Experiments — Personal stories and reflections from trying things out—both the useful and the weird
I’ll share both reflections and provocations—things I’ve tried, ideas I’m puzzling through, and patterns I’m starting to see. Sometimes the posts will be practical. Sometimes they’ll be more philosophical. But they’ll always come from a place of curiosity, critical thinking, and respect for human fallibility in the midst of rapid technological change.
Who is this for?
If you’re already using AI tools and want to reflect more deeply on their role in your life—or if you’re curious but cautious—this blog is for you.
If you’re a leader, a builder, a strategist, a creative, or a consultant trying to make sense of this moment in time, I hope you’ll find ideas here that help you think differently.
And if you have your own stories, insights, or counterpoints, I’d love to hear them. ExplorAItions is meant to be a conversation, not a monologue.
Let’s figure out what it means to navigate this strange new territory—not just efficiently, but wisely.
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