Exploring physical AI, robotics, and the future of being human
Dream Machines is a newsletter and podcast exploring physical AI, robotics, and their impact on the human experience.
It’s also how I learn — by understanding the full technology stack, how these systems are being built and used, and how we can navigate this transition.
Because one thing is certain: as intelligence escapes the screen and enters the physical world, it will challenge our sense of self, purpose, and reality.
So Dream Machines isn’t just about where the technology is going — it’s about where it’s taking us.
What is Physical AI?
I define physical AI as machines and systems that can understand, represent, and interact with the physical world.
It’s a broad umbrella with shared foundations: real-world data, computer vision, simulation, and generative AI.
The result doesn’t have to be a humanoid robot.
It can be an AI-powered camera on a factory floor, detecting anomalies and adjusting an assembly line in real time. It can also be AR glasses gathering frontline insights and delivering context-aware instructions — for workers, surgeons, or soldiers.
Why It Matters
Physical AI sits at the center of the long-term AI endgame: artificial general intelligence.
Embodiment gives machines real-world feedback — exposure to physics, uncertainty, and complexity that pure software can’t capture. With it, intelligence becomes grounded, adaptive, and more general.
At that point, machines may begin to “dream” — while helping humanity realize many of its own dreams along the way.
That’s why Dream Machines isn’t just a nod to the power of physical AI.
It’s a window into a moment when the boundary between imagination and reality begins to collapse.
If that resonates, you’re in the right place — at the right time.
Why Now
This transition is already underway.
From humanoids and self-driving cars to world models and vision-language systems, physical AI is moving out of research labs and into the real world.
These technologies will unlock human potential in ways we can barely imagine.
They will also challenge our ideas about identity, presence, agency, and connection.
Which is why Dream Machines is devoted to a single, essential question:
How do we take full advantage of these tools — while enhancing the human experience?
Towards that end… here’s the content plan:
Monthly deep dives on companies, technologies, and big ideas in physical AI
Monthly podcast conversations with leading thinkers in AI, robotics, and spatial computing
Occasional explorations into speculative futures and sci-fi (yes, it’s coming)
If you want a taste of what’s to come, here are some of my more popular essays:
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Thanks for your time & attention in advance. See y’all on the front lines.
