One of my growing concerns is with the extent to which humans are personifying AI. It’s one thing to do that intentionally, to create artificial personas who can respond in certain ways. It’s anothing thing to start imputing personalities to AI agents and then treating them as quasi-spirits. Humans have a long history of misidentifying realities by personaifying them, and… Read more →
Author: Jonathan Cloud
Sense-Making
One of the most surprising things about AI is that it is quite good at sense-making. But we don’t yet understand how. Is intellectual coherence simply a function of complexity? How is AI capable of sense-making? How do we know what makes sense? This question sits at the intersection of cognitive science, philosophy of mind, complexity theory, and AI systems… Read more →
Enhancing the Bioregional Operating System
Tijn Tjoelker writes (Linkedin, 28 Jan 2026: “What if our bioregions had an “Operating System” designed for life? 🌍 We often talk about individual projects, but systemic regeneration requires relational infrastructures—a “connective tissue” that binds stakeholders, finance, and ecology into a coherent whole. Drawing on emerging research in bioregionalism, here is a blueprint for what an Interconnected Bioregional Operating System… Read more →
Design School Session on AI and Bioregional Intelligence
Thanks to all who attended! Here’s my Fathom recording: https://fathom.video/calls/542184867 And the saved Chat file, with links to items mentioned during the discussion. themed-dialogue-meeting_saved_new_chat And the slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1yHdEb4yoC8DzEmDA3pyo3RsodvpGmtDuz6h0G4KpGME/edit?usp=sharing The official recording: Read more →
Building the Team: Beginning with the Basics
Let’s start over and see if we can take this one step at a time. I want to begin by creating another GPT or agent who will be a personal assistant and bookkeeper/accountant – and who may ultimately grow into the CFO role, but for right now is just learning about the organization and its finances, and offering to help… Read more →
AI in Regenerative Agriculture
Review https://www.foodwiththoughtai.com and summarize its important insights Here’s a clear and comprehensive summary of the important insights from the website Food with Thought AI (as of the latest available content on the site and related coverage): Core Purpose and Positioning Food With Thought AI positions itself as an AI-enabled advisory platform supporting regenerative agriculture and food systems. It emphasizes practical,… Read more →
What’s Lost and Gained with AI?
Are you able to access Dr. Abigail McHugh-Grifa’s article, “What do we lose when we use AI?” in the January 16, 2026 issue of the Rochester Business Journal? If so, please summarize and comment on the article, and offer suggestions for types of inquiries that might follow on from these arguments. Yes — I was able to access Dr. Abigail McHugh-Grifa’s… Read more →
Assembling a Team: the Regenerative Strategy Advisor
Note: I created a “new GPT” to be my advisor in assembling a team to manage our growing portfolio of projects. I thought I just asked for it to outline roles and strategies for creating additional agents to manage bookkeeping/accounting and other functions, but what I got was so much more than that—GPT 5.2 suggested itself as “a thought partner”… Read more →
Creating Custom GPTs to Build Out the Team
I’m no doubt late to the party, but I just discovered the ability to create custom GPTs. My goal is now to build out a team to help manage and develop CRCS/Possible Planet and its many initiatives, assets, and opportunities. My first custom GPT is my Regenerative Strategy Advisor, the Senior Advisor helping me design and recruit the team. … Read more →
Outline for DSRE Presentation (1/11/2026)
Looking at https://possibleplanetlab.org, summarize the key points about (a) planetary intelligence and (b) bioregional intelligence for a slide presentation to the Design School for Regenerating Earth. Then suggest a series of slides addressing bioregional health using the Genesee Finger Lakes Bioregion as an example, addressing different aspects and showing how the framework can be helpful for earth regenerators. Below is the… Read more →