The Products of System 2 – Prolog in the LLM Era – Spring Break 2026 Special

Abstract In The Assemblage of AI architecture, System 2 is modeled after the deliberate reasoning processes described in human cognition. But rather than focusing on psychology, this article examines what System 2 produces inside an AGI system. The outputs are not merely answers to questions but structured artifacts such as stories, plans, procedures, and models. … Continue reading The Products of System 2 – Prolog in the LLM Era – Spring Break 2026 Special →

Chains of Unstable Correlations

Introduction Like it or not, competition is arguably the biggest force affecting how things in our world work, in terms of both evolution and society. Without competition among genes, at the least, life on Earth wouldn't be as it is today. And for better or worse, societal competition at various levels (individual, tribes/cities, countries) wouldn't … Continue reading Chains of Unstable Correlations →

Long Live LLMs! The Central Knowledge System of Analogy

Situation Over the past few months there has been a trend to move from referring to "large language models" (LLM) to just "language models". The reason for that is the recognition that small language models (SLM) have clear advantages under certain situations. So "language model" is inclusive of both. And of course, as soon as … Continue reading Long Live LLMs! The Central Knowledge System of Analogy →

Reptile Intelligence: An AI Summer for CEP

Abstract Complex Event Processing (CEP) has long been dismissed as mere real-time infrastructure, yet it embodies the scalable, deterministic substrate that artificial intelligence has overlooked: a high-performance System 1 layer as described in Daniel Kahneman’s Thinking, Fast and Slow. System 1—fast, automatic, intuitive, massively parallel, and effortless—handles the overwhelming flood of sensory (or in enterprise … Continue reading Reptile Intelligence: An AI Summer for CEP →

The Ghost of OLAP Aggregations – Part 2 – Aggregation Manager

This is Part 2 of a 3-part series where I make the case that pre-aggregated OLAP is essential in this era of AI. The intent of this post is to describe just enough of how a pre-aggregated OLAP engine works for those who are unfamiliar with this technology: Those who have joined the business intelligence … Continue reading The Ghost of OLAP Aggregations – Part 2 – Aggregation Manager →

From Data through Wisdom: The Case for Process-Aware Intelligence

My new book, Time Molecules, is available!! This is its launch-day blog (June 4, 2025)! Time Molecules is a book about bringing process awareness to business intelligence (BI). Traditional BI flattens reality into snapshots— scalar values, points of information— leaving us staring at dimensionally flattened shadows on a wall. But life unfolds over time, and … Continue reading From Data through Wisdom: The Case for Process-Aware Intelligence →