The pursuit of AI through scaling alone has reached diminishing returns; true intelligence requires a modular architecture inspired by evolution, specialized systems orchestrated by an executive function for adaptability, efficiency, and human partnership, not autonomy.

Attention is the core constraint on all intelligence; we need systems, both AI and personal, that help us focus on what matters rather than distract us from it.

Intelligence stems from the attention architecture, not compute scale; the future of AI should be modular systems that augment human judgment, not monolithic models that replace it.

Evolution’s energy-efficient brain architecture shows that scaling alone won’t lead to AGI; we must learn from biology’s modular, embodied, and causal design

After a career shift, the author develops a framework that links evolutionary biology, AI, and human consciousness, arguing that principles such as attention and modularity can lead to better technology and more meaningful lives.