Reflection8 MIN READ
Who gets to use the smartest machines?
AI keeps getting cheaper. But if the people who can afford the best systems keep moving ahead, how much does broader access change the balance of power?
Read the reflectionWhat I’m building, what I’m learning,
and the questions I’m carrying forward.
Connections gathered into a form.
AI keeps getting cheaper. But if the people who can afford the best systems keep moving ahead, how much does broader access change the balance of power?
Read the reflectionFollowing clues from Bronzino to Michelangelo with ChatGPT, and questioning a familiar explanation of a very strange painting.

The ambition behind Cortex is to bring my experience into view and explore the interests, questions and patterns I keep returning to.
James Payne’s storytelling led me to the Seagram Murals, where I found beauty, stillness and time to reflect.