Dr. Mohammad Keyhani

Writing

Get the ideas without the jargon.

Essays, talks, and practical notes on generative AI, experimentation, strategy, and the craft of building with digital tools.

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First-party case study

Building school AI around curriculum and teacher judgment

A firsthand account of building Honeybee Logic: the problem, product choices, evidence to date, and lessons for responsible applied AI.

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Book · 2025

The full argument

The Generativity Advantage

Unpredicted Innovation at Scale

A book-length treatment of generativity: how products, platforms, and AI can be designed so that users create valuable possibilities their original designers did not predict.

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Talks and conversations

Hear two different explorations of the ideas: a public talk on machine organization and a long-form conversation about generativity.

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Questions worth exploring.

Explore writing and conversations about generative AI, authorship, entrepreneurship, digital tools, strategy, and the future of work.

Generative AI & Machine Intelligence

12 items

Frameworks, teaching cases, and essays on prompting, agents, authorship, and learning with unfamiliar forms of intelligence.

Field note

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A Quick Intro to Vibe Coding

A practical orientation to AI coding platforms, grounded in extensive use of Replit and focused on the gap between chatting with a model and deploying a professional software product.

Analysis

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AI Agents and the Rise of Judgment-Powered Software

Uses emerging agent behaviour to examine software that can exercise judgment, take actions, and assemble capabilities rather than merely follow a fixed sequence of instructions.

Essay

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The Coming of the AI God

Begins with everyday deference to navigation systems and asks what happens as people place more trust, authority, and decision-making power in increasingly capable AI.

Essay

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First Contact with Alien Intelligence

Treats large language models as a form of non-human intelligence and considers why their unfamiliar strengths and limitations require experimentation rather than easy analogy.

Experiment log

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Publishing Picture Books with AI on Amazon

Documents a hands-on experiment combining AI image generation with Amazon's print-on-demand publishing system, including the appeal and constraints of the model.

Experiment log

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Putting DALL-E into Practice

An early applied look at image generation that moves from the novelty of DALL-E to concrete experiments, uses, and questions about value.

Strategy, Entrepreneurship & Experimentation

5 items

Research-grounded ideas about uncertainty, play, small bets, strategic commitment, and digital entrepreneurship.

Entrepreneurship essay

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Mission-Driven Entrepreneurship Is Not for Everyone

Reflects on an experiment that attracted collaborators and questions the assumption that every worthwhile entrepreneurial project needs an all-consuming mission.

Digital Work & Practical Toolkits

5 items

Build notes and practical guides for assembling software, no-code systems, remote-work setups, and online courses.

Business model

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The Deal with Lifetime Deals

Looks at lifetime software subscriptions as both a buyer's portfolio and a SaaS financing choice, including why the arrangement can appeal to each side.

Watch & Listen

2 items

Talks and conversations exploring generative AI, entrepreneurship, and the future of work.

Recorded talk

Haskayne Business Exchange

Generative AI and the Dawn of Machine Organization

A recorded public talk on what generative AI means for organizations, moving from model capabilities to the prospect of digital brains coordinating work at scale.

From ideas to an engagement

Bring a question your audience needs to work through.

Share the audience, context, and decision your event or team is working through. That is the best starting point for discussing a paid keynote, workshop, or advisory session.