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The Scaffolding and the Shrine: Why We Mistake the Artifacts of Thought for the Mind Itself
When we interact with a modern Large Language Model (LLM) like GPT-series or Claude, the experience is often uncanny. We ask a question, and the machine produces a thoughtful, nuanced, and structurally perfect answer. It feels like there is a " ghost in the machine "—a thinking entity that understood our intent and crafted a response. However, this feeling is the result of a fundamental category error in how humans perceive intelligence . We are confusing the House with th

Aki Kakko
Nov 30, 20255 min read


Science is the Software of Reality: Moving AI from Data Processing to Truth Seeking and AGI
There is a famous observation attributed to the physicist Carl Sagan: "We are a way for the cosmos to know itself." It is a poetic sentiment, but if we strip away the romance and look at it through the lens of systems theory and cognitive science , it describes a literal, mechanical function. Matter, over billions of years, organized itself into complex biological structures capable of processing information. When those structures (us) turn their gaze back upon the laws that

Aki Kakko
Nov 29, 20254 min read


The Map is Not the Territory: Why Venture Capital Misunderstands the Power Law
In Venture Capital , the Power Law is treated less like a statistical observation and more like a religious commandment. The dogma is familiar to anyone who has pitched a VC or sat on an investment committee: “returns are non-normally distributed ; a single investment will return more than the rest of the fund combined.” As a result, the industry operates on a specific heuristic: only invest in companies with the theoretical potential to return the entire fund. However, th

Aki Kakko
Nov 28, 20254 min read


The Eternal Student: Unraveling the Continual Learning Problem in AI
In the pursuit of Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) , researchers often view the human brain as the ultimate benchmark. One of the most defining characteristics of human intelligence is the ability to learn continuously. We learn to crawl, then walk, then ride a bike, and finally drive a car. Crucially, learning to drive does not cause us to forget how to walk. We accumulate knowledge sequentially , building a complex repertoire of skills over time, refining old abilitie

Aki Kakko
Nov 26, 20254 min read


The Vibe Coding Casino: Why You’re Just Buying Chips, Not Building a Business
In the dusty trails of 1849 California, the surest way to go bankrupt was to dig for gold. The surest way to get rich was to sell picks, shovels, and denim jeans to the desperate men digging. Fast forward to 2025, and the pickaxe has been replaced by the LLM powered vibe-coding tools . The gold is the dream of the " One-Person Unicorn. " And the miners are average people, swept up in the latest Silicon Valley hype cycle known as " Vibe Coding ." " Vibe coding " is the colloq

Aki Kakko
Nov 23, 20254 min read


Beyond the Bullet Points: The Anatomy of a Sales Presentation That Actually Closes Deals
We’ve all been there. Trapped in a conference room (or a Zoom call), watching a salesperson click through a 40-slide deck that feels completely disconnected from our reality. It’s a monologue of company histories, feature lists, and vague promises, leaving us more confused than convinced. This is the tragic reality of most sales presentations : they are designed to present information , not to persuade people . The fundamental flaw is that they are built from the inside out.

Aki Kakko
Nov 13, 20254 min read


The Presentation is No Longer Static: How prezhe.com is Engineering the Future of Professional Communication
The familiar dread of the blank slide may soon be a relic of the past. While the initial wave of AI presentation tools, including prezhe.com 's own " vibe presentations, " has focused on automating design and overcoming " polished deck procrastination ," a new frontier is emerging. The future of presentations lies not just in their creation, but in their programmability, interactivity, and intelligence. prezhe.com is leading this evolution, transforming presentations from s

Aki Kakko
Nov 7, 20253 min read


The AI Paradox: As the Barrier to Entry Falls, the Bar for Success Soars Higher
A profound paradox is unfolding across the creative and technical landscapes of software, music, and filmmaking . As artificial intelligence tools dramatically lower the barrier to entry—making creation more accessible than ever—the bar for professional success is counterintuitively rising. This phenomenon, where a "raised floor" of baseline quality leads to a "raised ceiling" of necessary excellence, is not new. However, the current wave of AI is introducing a novel and

Aki Kakko
Nov 3, 20254 min read
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