chris kalaboukis, futurist & ai strategist

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[chris kalaboukis, futurist & ai strategist @thinkfuture]

I write deep, human, no-nonsense essays about the future, tech, AI, and how to stay human in the middle of it all.
If you want ideas worth thinking about, I’m your guy.

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[chris kalaboukis, futurist & ai strategist @thinkfuture]

Builders build products, then look for users.

Writers write books, then look for readers.

Creators create courses, then look for students.

What if we've got the sequence backward?

Audience First.

Find the people. Understand them. Then create the thing.

My latest on thinkfuture.

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[chris kalaboukis, futurist & ai strategist @thinkfuture]

Passion keeps you going.

Skill lets you create value.

Demand determines whether you have a business.

AI can help with the first two.

It still can't make people care.

(thinkfuture)

The Three Things Every Successful Business Needs https://t.co/sNHCfASvSs

[chris kalaboukis, futurist & ai strategist @thinkfuture]

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[chris kalaboukis, futurist & ai strategist @thinkfuture]

The algorithm doesn't care who wins the argument.

It cares that the argument continues.

Your outrage isn't collateral damage.

It's engagement.

(thinkfuture)

[chris kalaboukis, futurist & ai strategist @thinkfuture]

Your smartphone isn’t making you stupid.

It’s changing where your intelligence lives.

There’s a big difference.

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[chris kalaboukis, futurist & ai strategist @thinkfuture]

The future isn't Human vs AI.

It's Human + AI.

The most powerful person in the room may soon be a team of two.

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[chris kalaboukis, futurist & ai strategist @thinkfuture]

The post-work future isn't coming.

It's arriving.

So slowly that we're still describing the old world while living in the new one.

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[chris kalaboukis, futurist & ai strategist @thinkfuture]

The most dangerous drug in the world is perfectly legal.

Most people take it daily.

And almost nobody realizes they're addicted.

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[chris kalaboukis, futurist & ai strategist @thinkfuture]

i bought $SPCX because i believe in the same future that @elonmusk does. We are both huge fans of Iain Banks Culture series and Star Trek. We want to see that future actually happen. Who doesn't?

[chris kalaboukis, futurist & ai strategist @thinkfuture]

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[chris kalaboukis, futurist & ai strategist @thinkfuture]

AI girlfriends aren't the story.

Loneliness is.

AI is just the first technology willing to meet a demand most of society would rather ignore.

[chris kalaboukis, futurist & ai strategist @thinkfuture]

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[chris kalaboukis, futurist & ai strategist @thinkfuture]

The most important AI skill may not be coding.

It may be imagination.

Prompt engineering is less about commanding machines and more about translating ideas into reality.

[chris kalaboukis, futurist & ai strategist @thinkfuture]

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[chris kalaboukis, futurist & ai strategist @thinkfuture]

What If School Taught Only What Actually Matters?

[chris kalaboukis, futurist & ai strategist @thinkfuture]

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[chris kalaboukis, futurist & ai strategist @thinkfuture]

AI isn’t separate from us.

It’s trained on us.
Shaped by us.
Scaled beyond us.

It’s already collective human intelligence.

[chris kalaboukis, futurist & ai strategist @thinkfuture]

If it works, you’ll see more of it.

Not because it’s good.
Because it’s rewarded.
That’s how environments get shaped.

(thinkfuture)

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[chris kalaboukis, futurist & ai strategist @thinkfuture]

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[chris kalaboukis, futurist & ai strategist @thinkfuture]

Applause is easy.
Payment is commitment.
If you want better content,
you have to support it.

(thinkfuture)