estrategIA · English edition

estrategIA · English editionhttps://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/2026-10-07T00:00:00ZThree years of estrategIA: the time we are letting slip awayhttps://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/158/2026-10-07T00:00:00Z2026-10-07T00:00:00ZFernando Nieto Lobato

On estrategIA’s third anniversary, Fernando Nieto Lobato examines accelerating AI progress and the political preparation needed to protect rights and share its benefits.

The environment and the decisionhttps://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/157/2026-10-01T00:00:00Z2026-10-01T00:00:00ZIvan Sverdlick

Ivan Sverdlick explains how Sustantiva is redesigning workflows around AI, shared knowledge and deliberate points for human judgement, beyond automating individual tasks.

Fear of AI concentrates power toohttps://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/156/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZFernando Nieto Lobato

An argument for independent AI safety oversight, proportionate controls and broad access, examining regulatory capture and the human costs of unjustified delay.

AI sovereignty: five conditions for the power to decidehttps://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/155/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZFernando Nieto Lobato

Electricity, compute, oversight, people and capital: what countries need to turn a claim of AI sovereignty into the power to decide.

Astra: a new scale of intelligence and powerhttps://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/154/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZFernando Nieto Lobato

A historical account of GPT-6 Astra and an interactive municipal planning experiment, examining what better AI capabilities mean for public explanation and judgement.

It would take gods to give laws to humanshttps://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/153/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZPablo Martín Diez

Pablo Martín Diez reviews José Ignacio Latorre’s proposal for a social contract encompassing nature, humanity and AI, examining legitimacy and concentrated power.

What remains to be governed: seven lessons from the summer historIAs of 2026https://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/152/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZFernando Nieto Lobato

Seven political lessons from the 2026 summer fiction: meaningful oversight, public choices, autonomy, accountability, resilience, attention and a shared reality.

The law everyone supportedhttps://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/151/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZFernando Nieto Lobato

A fictional public consultation explores how personalised explanations can make a policy accessible while hiding the common choices citizens need to debate.

The automated oppositionhttps://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/150/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZFernando Nieto Lobato

When AI makes political accusations cheap, a fictional MP discovers how the competition for attention can displace serious public scrutiny.

The company that wasn't therehttps://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/149/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZFernando Nieto Lobato

A story about an automated public-service contractor, and why a human signature means little without the authority to overrule the system.

Zero computehttps://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/148/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZFernando Nieto Lobato

Summer fiction about allocating scarce public AI capacity during a heat emergency, revealing hidden dependencies and unequal local resilience.

The carer who learnt to callhttps://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/147/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZFernando Nieto Lobato

Summer fiction about an older woman, an AI care assistant and rebuilding human support without surrendering control of life at home.

The minister’s memoryhttps://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/146/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZFernando Nieto Lobato

Summer fiction about an outgoing minister whose AI memory must be divided between institutional continuity and personal privacy.

The Thursday mayorhttps://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/145/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZFernando Nieto Lobato

Summer fiction set in 2032: a mayor whose administration runs smoothly with AI must choose between two legitimate but incompatible public needs.

The final signaturehttps://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/144/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZFernando Nieto Lobato

The first summer historIA of 2026: a fictional council officer in 2032 confronts the difference between a recorded human signature and meaningful oversight.

Trying SillyTavern as a space for political debate with AIhttps://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/143/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZFernando Nieto Lobato

A first-person SillyTavern experiment with five synthetic political profiles, exploring its value for preparing questions and its limits as social research.

Before the shutdown: a conversation and a practical test with Fable 5, the most advanced AI model to datehttps://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/142/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZFernando Nieto Lobato

A historical interview and practical website-building experiment with Claude Fable 5, framed by the model's withdrawal in June 2026.

AI returns to the desktop: why local models are worth tryinghttps://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/141/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZFernando Nieto Lobato

A practical invitation to try local AI models, with historical examples of tools, hardware and the political case for greater technological autonomy.

From the Vatican to Silicon Valley: the encyclical that turned AI into a moral dispute about powerhttps://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/140/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZFernando Nieto Lobato

The global debate around Magnifica humanitas: AI, moral authority, technological power, Anthropic and the common good.

From tools to industrieshttps://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/139/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZJuan Segundo Hevia

Juan Segundo Hevia examines how AI companies move from general tools into industry workflows, and what this means for regulation and sovereignty.

Governing in the foghttps://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/138/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZFernando Nieto Lobato

How democratic institutions can plan under AI uncertainty through staged commitments, flexible structures and systems for detecting change.

The public AI agenda towards 2030: anticipate capabilities, guarantee accesshttps://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/137/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZFernando Nieto Lobato

Two principles for public AI strategy towards 2030: governing emerging capabilities and ensuring meaningful universal access.

A minister, a Raspberry Pi and Claude: why Singapore’s second brain matters for politicshttps://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/136/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZFernando Nieto Lobato

Singapore's foreign minister and a personal AI memory system: technical competence, institutional learning and the political value of showing the code.

We test ChatGPT Images 2.0: a comparison with Nano Banana Pro and new uses for government, politics and public administrationhttps://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/135/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZFernando Nieto Lobato

An April 2026 comparison of image models through public communication experiments, with the original prompts and generated examples.

How councils can lead the transformation of local government through artificial intelligence without leaving anyone behindhttps://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/134/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZRomán Robles Valades

Román Robles Valades sets out how municipalities can adopt AI responsibly, connecting staff development, data sovereignty and better public services.

Three possible futures for artificial intelligence in 2030https://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/133/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZFernando Nieto Lobato

Three alternative AI futures for 2030 — plateau, sustained ascent and rapid take-off — and why strategic preparation must work across all three.

AI is not taking our work away. It is freeing us from it.https://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/132/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZFernando Nieto Lobato

If technology can separate income from employment, the political task is to share its gains—and the freedom they could make possible.

The new watchdogs of power: how AI is democratising public scrutinyhttps://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/131/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZFernando Nieto Lobato

AI is lowering the barriers to public scrutiny. The question is how democratic institutions will respond to these new civic capabilities.

Artificial intelligence and electoral disinformation: lessons from Chile and Argentina for democratic governance in Latin Americahttps://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/130/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZMartín Telleriahttps://www.linkedin.com/in/martin-telleria-b67135353?utm_source=share_via&utm_content=profile&utm_medium=member_androidMaría Fernanda Pech Novelohttps://www.linkedin.com/in/mar%C3%ADa-fernanda-pech-novelo-64490b219?utm_source=share_via&utm_content=profile&utm_medium=member_iosSteeven Johannes Flor Piohttp://www.linkedin.com/in/steeven-flor-pioGenesis Dejaneyra Cadenasso Correahttps://uy.linkedin.com/in/g%C3%A9nesis-dejaneyra-cadenasso-correa-3588b6273Maria Antônia de Medeiros Dantas Costahttps://www.linkedin.com/in/maria-ant%C3%B4nia-de-medeiros-costa-b94308177/Valentina Silva Schmidthttps://cl.linkedin.com/in/valentina-isidora-silva-schmidt-b77797335Katherine Lizeth Bernal Santoshttps://www.linkedin.com/in/katherinebernal29Samuel José Vega Martínezhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/samueljvega

Eight Fundación Botín programme participants examine AI-amplified electoral disinformation in Chile and Argentina and the institutional responses Latin America needs.

MUNICIP-IA: from using AI tools to governing changehttps://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/129/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZSofía García Morales

Sofía García Morales reports from MUNICIP-IA on practical municipal adoption, institutional judgement, digital sovereignty and the political implications of AI.

The end of conversational ping-pong: autonomous agents are here, and they will change how we workhttps://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/128/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZFernando Nieto Lobato

Three first-person experiments with autonomous agents: a political comic, a Windows speech analyser and a Stoic quotations app.

Who leads AI? Twelve key players in the model race, 2026https://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/127/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZFernando Nieto Lobato

A historical guide to twelve AI model developers and deployment players, their products, institutional significance and competing strategic priorities.

Thinking through AI: from uncritical adoption to organisational and educational transformationhttps://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/126/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZCarlos López Ariztegui

Carlos López Ariztegui argues that AI creates value only when organisations and universities rethink their judgement, processes and culture.

Super Bowl LX: half-time as a fault line between political assertion and the AI warhttps://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/125/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZFernando Nieto Lobato

Super Bowl advertising as miniature political theory: AI companies compete over trust, convenience, business models and cultural legitimacy.

Silicon Springfield: when The Simpsons drew the future of artificial intelligencehttps://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/124/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZFernando Nieto Lobato

Five Simpsons storylines connect satire with autocorrect, smart homes, machine learning, alignment and technological unemployment.

AI's adolescence: when power arrives before policyhttps://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/123/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZFernando Nieto Lobato

A political reading of Dario Amodei’s technological adolescence and Claude’s Constitution: institutional wisdom, oversight and the limits of corporate sovereignty.

ABC and precision literacy: an ecosystem where context and AI's technological capabilities are the keys to successhttps://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/122/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZHarvey Sánchez-Restrepo

Harvey Sánchez-Restrepo explains how ABC combines contextual understanding and adaptive AI assessment to support literacy across Latin America and the Caribbean.

AI has crossed the 15% chasm, and the digital divide is widening: Microsoft's global report on AI diffusion in 2025https://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/121/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZFernando Nieto Lobato

What Microsoft’s 2025 adoption report suggests about institutional strategy, the widening digital divide and the challenge of turning AI use into public value.

CES 2026 confirms a new phase: AI as ‘electricity’https://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/120/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZFernando Nieto Lobato

A historical assessment of CES 2026: universal AI access, Nvidia's physical AI infrastructure, on-device assistants, autonomous agriculture and preventive care.

Will politics rise to the challenge of AI in 2026? Five new requests from estrategIAhttps://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/119/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZFernando Nieto Lobato

A critical review of political responses to AI in 2025 and five demands for 2026: state capacity, scaled services, literacy, shared truth and a new social contract.

The year in AI through estrategIA: interact with all our 2025 content in NotebookLMhttps://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/118/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZFernando Nieto Lobato

An interactive yearbook of estrategIA's 2025 coverage, with a practical explanation of how its NotebookLM collection and multimedia summaries were created.

Your brother-in-law, the prawns and AI: a Christmas survival guide for estrategIA readershttps://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/116/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZFernando Nieto Lobato

A humorous Christmas guide to five familiar arguments about AI, from bubbles and jobs to energy use and disinformation, with a political and governance perspective.

Instant visual communication: Nano Banana Pro examples for campaigns and public administrationshttps://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/115/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZFernando Nieto Lobato

Ten historical image-generation demonstrations, with full prompts, retained examples and the author's warning to verify generated data.

AI's impact on education: a rebirth or the end of the teacher?https://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/114/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZPablo Martín Diez

Pablo Martín Diez reflects on CONAED Mexico 2025, educational divides and the teacher's role in cultivating curiosity, judgement and civic independence.

Gemini 3 Pro shows that model power is only part of the story: training and how people use it matter toohttps://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/113/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZFernando Nieto Lobato

Gemini 3 Pro's launch results, an unexpected calendar error and a practical electoral-system demo illustrate the importance of informed use.

The new role of digital advisershttps://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/112/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZJavier Battilana Urbieta

Javier Battilana Urbieta considers how conversational AI can extend the tradition of advisers who help leaders reflect, decide and act.

How to counter the liar’s dividend: procedures for checking and verifying information with AIhttps://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/111/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZFernando Nieto Lobato

Five defensive verification workflows and practical tools for using AI to counter disinformation while preserving human judgement.

Vibe coding for estrategIA readers: from a prompt to a simple application with Google AI Studiohttps://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/110/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZFernando Nieto Lobato

A November 2025 demonstration of building and refining a press-release-generator prototype through conversation, with the complete visible prompts and outputs.

Physics in artificial intelligencehttps://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/109/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZLuis Eduardo Paniagua Martín

Luis Eduardo Paniagua Martín explores physics as a bridge between mathematical ideas, algorithms and hardware, with an illustrated explanation from the original newsletter.

Clarity in the age of machines: five thinkers to understand AI and the human futurehttps://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/108/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZFernando Nieto Lobato

Five perspectives on AI’s future—from geopolitical urgency and technical control to economic incentives and relational ethics—and the case for addressing both future and present harms.

The year reasoning became real: what State of AI 2025 tells governments and public policymakershttps://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/107/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZFernando Nieto Lobato

A reading of State of AI 2025 for public policy, covering reasoning, energy, geopolitics, commercial adoption and safety, with the report’s full prediction slides.

Governing with artificial intelligencehttps://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/106/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZIgnacio Martín Granados

Ignacio Martín Granados explores where AI creates public value, the risks of action and inaction, and the conditions for trustworthy government adoption.

Five charts to understand two years of AI: adoption, capabilities, costs, investment and public perceptionshttps://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/105/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZFernando Nieto Lobato

A second-anniversary comparison of AI adoption, task capabilities, falling costs, investment and public perceptions, preserving the October 2025 evidence and forecasts.

AI in the state: why digital transformation must come firsthttps://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/104/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZRoxana Mazzola

Roxana Mazzola argues that effective public-sector AI depends on digital processes, interoperable data and stronger state capacity.

Is entry-level work disappearing? How generative AI is changing the rules—and how politics can respondhttps://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/103/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZFernando Nieto Lobato

An examination of preliminary evidence that generative AI reduces entry-level hiring, and possible responses in training, employment incentives and social protection.

Campaigns in the age of AI: global lessons from 2024https://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/102/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZIgnacio Martín Granados

Ignacio Martín Granados examines a global study of AI use in the 2024 elections and its lessons for campaigns, public trust and democratic integrity.

Gemini 2.5 Flash Image (Nano banana): a qualitative leap in image editing and generationhttps://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/101/2026-10-02T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZFernando Nieto Lobato

Practical tests of Google’s Gemini 2.5 Flash Image, from political posters and public spaces to editing photographs and combining visual elements.

One hundred issues on: politics still has its back turned to advances in AIhttps://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/100/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZFernando Nieto Lobato

On estrategIA's hundredth issue, Fernando reflects on the widening gap between AI progress and political engagement.

Supercomputing and AI: strategic investments to avoid irrelevancehttps://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/099/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZJosep M. (Pep) Martorell

Pep Martorell explains why computing infrastructure, scientific talent and international cooperation are essential to avoid irrelevance.

GPT-5: the floor rises sharply, the ceiling barely moves — and why that mattershttps://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/098/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZFernando Nieto Lobato

An August 2025 assessment of GPT-5's launch, reasoning access, rollout problems and practical value for government.

The bot union: a technology strike in the middle of Augusthttps://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/097/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZFernando Nieto Lobato

A Claude Sonnet 4 satire imagines a union of bots, a technology strike and the rediscovery of civic debate.

The year of the silent tsunamihttps://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/096/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZFernando Nieto Lobato

A Gemini 2.5 Pro story imagines a rapid AGI transition and the consequences of failing to prepare institutions and the social contract.

Room to sleep: a day in the life of a campaign manager in 2032https://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/095/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZFernando Nieto Lobato

A Kimi K2 story follows a campaign manager through a day of AI systems, ethical safeguards and human decisions in 2032.

The voice of the algorithm that learned to dreamhttps://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/094/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZFernando Nieto Lobato

A Grok 4 summer fable set in Mexico City in 2045 explores civic participation, empathy and an AI that learns from human stories.

An AI's travel diary: summer 2025https://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/093/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZFernando Nieto Lobato

A fictional AI travel diary, created with GPT-4.5, visits four places associated with the development of artificial intelligence.

Artificial intelligence in Cuba's informal currency markethttps://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/092/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZAlejandro Ulloa García

Alejandro Ulloa García explains how elTOQUE uses AI and public online offers to estimate exchange rates in Cuba.

Distributed forecasting platforms and the future of AIhttps://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/091/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZFernando Nieto Lobato

How collective forecasting can inform AI policy, and why probabilities require critical judgement rather than blind trust.

The score for the “gentle singularity”: Sam Altman, OpenAI and the imminent choreography of the futurehttps://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/090/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZFernando Nieto Lobato

Sam Altman’s vision of superintelligence is read alongside Amodei’s employment warnings, Bengio’s alignment concerns and the political question of who benefits.

BOND’s 2025 report: a portrait of an irreversible transformationhttps://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/089/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZFernando Nieto Lobato

Seven findings from BOND’s AI trends report, covering adoption, investment, falling inference costs, China, work and the next technological frontiers.

Google Cloud Summit Madrid 2025: generative AI and the future of the public sector, with ALEPH Educational Institution as VIP guest and reporterhttps://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/088/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZGabriela Ortega Jarrín

Gabriela Ortega Jarrín reports from Madrid on public services, sovereign cloud, AI skills, regulation and competition between cloud providers.

Google I/O 2025: artificial intelligence at the heart of innovation and the futurehttps://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/087/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZFernando Nieto Lobato

Google’s May 2025 announcements, from Gemini and Veo to local AI models, and their implications for creating, searching and communicating.

Repeating the AI election experiment a year later — with our students: what has changed in twelve monthshttps://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/086/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZFernando Nieto Lobato

A repeat of estrategIA’s election experiment with ALEPH students explores human judgement, reasoning models, deep research and new campaign tools.

Who should decide in the age of artificial intelligence? Ethics, prudence and human dignity in the face of algorithmic powerhttps://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/085/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZPablo Martín Diez

Pablo Martín Diez reviews Adela Cortina's case for an ethical, democratic approach to AI grounded in human dignity, practical wisdom and public dialogue.

From innovation to action: artificial intelligence serving public administration in Chilehttps://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/084/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZMauricio Pilleux

Mauricio Pilleux describes an AI assistance system for Chilean women facing gender-based violence abroad and the incremental approach behind its development.

The dawn of artificial muscle: how a new wave of intelligent robots could redraw the employment maphttps://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/083/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZFernando Nieto Lobato

On the eve of International Workers' Day, a look at humanoid robotics, its possible effects on jobs and the policies needed to manage the transition.

AI Index 2025: the state of AI in politics and public powerhttps://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/082/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZFernando Nieto Lobato

Stanford's AI Index 2025 through the lens of regulation, public investment, geopolitical competition, responsible AI and public trust.

The old and the new: the Catholic Church confronts artificial intelligencehttps://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/081/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZFernando Nieto Lobato

A Holy Week reflection on Antiqua et Nova, the Vatican's view of AI, and the place of human dignity, solidarity and philosophical judgement in technological change.

Ten uses for ChatGPT's new image-generation system: how easy AI image creation could redraw political communicationhttps://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/080/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZFernando Nieto Lobato

Thirty-one preserved images illustrate ten historical GPT-4o experiments in visual political communication, with complete prompts and accessible English text.

Rewriting the social contract in the age of thinking machines: universal basic income in the AI stormhttps://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/079/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZFernando Nieto Lobato

An argument for debating universal basic income before large-scale AI disruption, covering its history, purposes, funding, uncertainties and social meaning.

AI on official accounts: viral play, threat or distortion?https://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/078/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZMartín Sosa Dirié

Martín Sosa Dirié examines AI imagery on official political accounts and asks whether viral reach enriches or trivialises public discourse.

The age of thinking machines: navigating Lassalle's “Artificial Civilisation”https://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/077/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZFernando Nieto Lobato

A review of José María Lassalle's Civilización artificial, its case for technological humanism and its account of AI, power and the future of work.

AI takes the lead: what Mobile World Congress 2025 tells us about the digital futurehttps://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/076/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZFernando Nieto Lobato

MWC 2025's AI announcements and the implications for mobile networks, public administration, regulation and future services.

February, the month of AI “deep research”: introducing and testing three major toolshttps://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/075/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZFernando Nieto Lobato

A March 2025 test of OpenAI, Perplexity and xAI research tools on electoral systems and Spanish polling, with complete historical evaluation tables.

Exponential innovation: how AI is redefining science and challenging those who governhttps://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/074/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZFernando Nieto Lobato

AI-assisted scientific discovery, from Google's Co-scientist to new biomedical models, and the political questions raised by accelerating research.

From information to shared knowledge: the process behind every issue of estrategIAhttps://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/073/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZFernando Nieto Lobato

An inside account of estrategIA's sources, AI-assisted writing workflows and editorial production in February 2025.

At the Paris summit, AI moves forward and the debate shifts from concern to massive investmenthttps://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/072/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZFernando Nieto Lobato

An assessment of the Paris AI Action Summit’s investment announcements, competing regulatory approaches and shift towards coordinated action.

Superagency: when AI gives us superpowers (and, we hope, no superproblems)https://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/071/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZFernando Nieto Lobato

A review of Reid Hoffman and Greg Beato’s Superagency, its qualified optimism and its political case for measured regulation.

Stargate: $500 billion for AI — the most ambitious technology project in history?https://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/070/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZFernando Nieto Lobato

A January 2025 assessment of Stargate's projected investment, infrastructure ambitions, historical comparisons and the Musk-Altman dispute.

Artificial intelligence in the new Trump era: an analysis in five dimensionshttps://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/069/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZFernando Nieto Lobato

Five dimensions of AI policy at the start of Trump's second term: regulation, industry, geopolitical competition, advisers and social consequences.

AI’s future at stake: the challenge between Gary Marcus and Miles Brundagehttps://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/068/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZFernando Nieto Lobato

Gary Marcus and Miles Brundage put money behind competing expectations for AI, with ten tasks and a deadline at the end of 2027.

From simulation to strategy: new AI developments that will transform political communicationhttps://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/067/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZMartín Sosa Dirié

A guest essay on simulated populations, AI agents and the opportunities and limits of predicting human behaviour for political communication.

Five essential priorities for politicians facing the AI revolution in 2025 and beyondhttps://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/066/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZFernando Nieto Lobato

Five policy requests for 2025: make AI a priority, develop it safely and quickly, protect people, redesign institutions and plan for the long term.

Where do I begin? A step-by-step guide to adopting AI in your organisationhttps://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/064/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZPablo Martín Diez

Pablo Martín Diez outlines five stages of organisational AI adoption, from focused pilots and an internal team to staff training, strategy and communication.

“Don’t look up”: artificial intelligence is overtaking us. What about our governments?https://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/063/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZFernando Nieto Lobato

Fernando Nieto Lobato argues that rapid advances in AI reasoning demand serious preparation by governments, businesses and individuals, including for a possible transformation of work.

Operación Retuit: AI as a shield for Venezuelan journalismhttps://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/062/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZCésar Batiz

César Batiz recounts how Venezuelan and Colombian journalists used AI avatars and media alliances to report under censorship and protect their colleagues.

Five good AI tools with Black Friday discountshttps://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/061/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZFernando Nieto Lobato

The November 2024 archive of estrategIA's Black Friday selection: Pictory, Kling, Mimic PC, Freepik and Poe, with the original offers and disclosures preserved.

SocialAI: an ally for political communicationhttps://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/060/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZCarlos Guadián

Carlos Guadián explores political role-play with SocialAI through simulated US election messages and debates over Mexico's judicial reform.

Five ways the Trump administration could change the course of artificial intelligencehttps://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/059/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZFernando Nieto Lobato

A November 2024 outlook on deregulation, ideological bias, energy, competition with China, military applications and Elon Musk's possible influence on US AI policy.

AI Steve and candidacies based on artificial intelligencehttps://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/058/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZFernando Domínguez Sardou

Fernando Domínguez Sardou examines AI Steve's parliamentary campaign and what generative AI could contribute to the relationship between citizens and their representatives.

Technological nightmares: science fiction’s most dangerous AIs and their terrifying echoes in realityhttps://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/057/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZPablo Martín Diez

A Halloween essay by Pablo Martín Diez uses science fiction to explore AI alignment, emotional manipulation and the risk of willingly surrendering human control.

Humanity at its final frontierhttps://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/056/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZPablo Martín Diez

Pablo Martín Diez examines Harari’s Nexus, digital empires and four principles for protecting democratic life in an age of AI.

State of AI Report 2024: accelerating progress and a new technological erahttps://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/055/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZFernando Nieto Lobato

A review of the State of AI Report 2024 across research, industry, politics and safety, including its assessment of earlier forecasts and predictions for 2025.

Generative artificial intelligence in politics: opportunities, challenges and the search for democratic ethicshttps://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/054/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZJavier Naranjo Sanjuan

Javier Naranjo Sanjuan explores generative AI’s political uses, transparency and democratic ethics through an experimental custom GPT for estrategIA.

estrategIA’s first anniversary: testing ChatGPT’s new voice for political communicationhttps://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/053/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZFernando Nieto Lobato

On estrategIA’s first anniversary, Fernando Nieto Lobato tests ChatGPT’s advanced voice mode as a political debate sparring partner.

From scepticism to acclaim: AI takes centre stage at ACOP’s Seventh International Congresshttps://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/052/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZPablo Martín Diez

Pablo Martín Diez reports on AI, disinformation and the future of political communication at ACOP’s 2024 congress.

OpenAI o1: a new frontier in AI “thinking” and problem-solvinghttps://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/051/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZFernando Nieto Lobato

A historical account of OpenAI o1, its reasoning capabilities, benchmark results, limitations and possible applications.

Navigating the future of education: how Institución Educativa ALEPH is trying to advance learning with AIhttps://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/050/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZFernando Nieto Lobato

An account of ALEPH’s experimental AI tutors, the limits of early GPT agents and the challenge of helping students learn rather than outsource their work.

Five clues to what awaits us in artificial intelligence before the end of the yearhttps://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/049/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZFernando Nieto Lobato

A September 2024 outlook on new models, synthetic media, falling costs, mass adoption and the technologies expected to reach the public that autumn.

Stories of politics, government and AI in 2045 (8 and final): reflecting on the summer storieshttps://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/048/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZFernando Nieto Lobato

Seven themes drawn from the summer fiction series: efficiency, human connection, ethical judgement, democratic control and collaboration with AI.

Stories of politics, government and AI in 2045 (7)https://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/047/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZFernando Nieto Lobato

Grok 2 mini supplies the final summer story: an AI candidate faces a human activist who questions its promise to optimise collective happiness.

Stories of politics, government and AI in 2045 (6)https://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/046/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZFernando Nieto Lobato

An updated Gemini model tells the story of Perseo, an AI policy adviser whose impeccable calculations raise disturbing ethical questions.

Stories of politics, government and AI in 2045 (5)https://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/045/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZFernando Nieto Lobato

Created with Mistral Large 2, this story follows ATHENA, an AI cabinet member whose success provokes a political conspiracy.

Stories of politics, government and AI in 2045 (4)https://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/044/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZFernando Nieto Lobato

A fictional AI designed to advise governments becomes a political force in its own right, in a story created with Llama 3.1 405B.

Stories of politics, government and AI in 2045 (3)https://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/043/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZFernando Nieto Lobato

A summer satire created with Claude Sonnet 3.5: an AI campaign assistant detects one problem too many in a presidential debate.

Stories of politics, government and AI in 2045 (2)https://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/042/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZFernando Nieto Lobato

In this summer story created with Gemini 1.5 Pro, a bored programmer disrupts the speeches of an impeccably rational digital ruler.

Stories of politics, government and AI in 2045https://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/041/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZFernando Nieto Lobato

The summer fiction series begins with GPT-4o's story of Políticus-Prime, a humorous AI candidate facing a flamboyant human rival.

The Singularity Is Nearer: Ray Kurzweil and the race to merge with artificial intelligencehttps://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/040/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZFernando Nieto Lobato

A July 2024 reading of Ray Kurzweil's vision of superintelligence, human–machine integration, abundance and the choices society faces.

The AI race in 2024: the world's biggest companies go all in while politics takes tentative stepshttps://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/039/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZFernando Nieto Lobato

A mid-2024 assessment of private investment, public-sector readiness and the widening gap between AI development and preparations for its social consequences.

Ethan Mollick’s Co-Intelligence: Living and Working with AI: an accessible, practical guide to understanding artificial intelligencehttps://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/038/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZFernando Nieto Lobato

A reading of Ethan Mollick's Co-Intelligence, presenting four rules for working with AI and the distinction between centaur and cyborg collaboration.

Apple’s new vision: artificial intelligence at the heart of its productshttps://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/037/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZFernando Nieto Lobato

A historical reading of WWDC 2024 and Apple's strategy of integrating AI into everyday devices, Siri and its operating systems.

Testing new AI models to compare manifestos and analyse data ahead of the European Parliament electionshttps://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/036/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZFernando Nieto Lobato

Historical tests of Gemini and GPT-4o for manifesto comparison, turnout visualisation and interpreting the European Parliament's composition.

Artificial intelligence in Mexico’s 2024 elections: challenges and opportunitieshttps://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/035/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZRay Acosta

Ray Acosta's historical opinion piece on social media, AI and Mexico's 2024 elections, examining manipulation, political participation and civic education.

The potential of artificial intelligence in education: a look at Salman Khan’s Brave New Words: How AI Will Revolutionize Education (and Why That’s a Good Thing)https://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/034/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZFernando Nieto Lobato

A reading of Salman Khan's Brave New Words, exploring AI tutors, equitable access, teachers, educational policy and the future of work.

Towards ubiquitous AI: the OpenAI and Google developments that will transform the futurehttps://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/033/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZGabriela Ortega

A historical account of OpenAI's GPT-4o launch and Google I/O 2024, examining multimodal assistants, search and the prospect of ubiquitous AI.

AI’s future and social impact debated at estrategIA’s first event at ESIC Universityhttps://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/032/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZALEPH team

A historical report from estrategIA's first event, covering AI regulation, public services, work and education through the speakers' contributions.

Beyond automation: artificial intelligence and its cross-cutting impact on workhttps://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/031/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZPilar Mairal Medina

Pilar Mairal Medina examines AI and work beyond automation, from reskilling and organisational culture to interdisciplinary collaboration and a new work ethic.

Continuing our experiment in creating and developing an AI-generated political party for the European Parliament electionshttps://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/030/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZFernando Nieto Lobato

A historical test of generative AI for a fictional electoral campaign: objectives, messages, talking points, poster designs and songs.

“Elena Vidal”: an AI-generated political profile for the European Parliament electionshttps://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/029/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZFernando Nieto Lobato

A historical experiment creating a fictional European Parliament candidate with GPT-4 and Midjourney, including her profile, SWOT analysis, speech and interview.

estrategIA’s “electoral” experiment: generative artificial intelligence as the creator and promoter of a new political partyhttps://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/028/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZFernando Nieto Lobato

A historical experiment using generative AI to create the identity, policies, logo and website of a fictional pro-European, Stoic political party.

Six months of AI with estrategIA: discoveries, dilemmas and future directionshttps://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/027/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZFernando Nieto Lobato

A six-month retrospective on disinformation, models, European regulation and the AI trends identified for 2024.

Singapore: shaping the future in the light of artificial intelligencehttps://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/026/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZFernando Ujaldón

Fernando Ujaldón examines Singapore’s national AI strategy, public-service projects, workforce preparation and lessons for other countries.

The AI Act through AI’s eyes: using the most advanced text models—or trying to—to analyse the EU law in fullhttps://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/025/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZFernando Nieto Lobato

A March 2024 experiment analysing the full AI Act with language models, preserving seven questions and answers, context-window tests and observed costs.

Claude 3 versus GPT-4: comparing Anthropic’s new AI with the current leader on political promptshttps://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/024/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZFernando Nieto Lobato

A historical comparison of Claude 3 Opus and GPT-4 using two political and public-policy prompts, with all four responses preserved in full.

A proof of concept: using generative image AI (Midjourney) to enhance a candidate’s imagehttps://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/023/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZFernando Nieto Lobato

A March 2024 educational proof of concept using Midjourney images of Emmanuel Macron to examine political narratives, synthetic imagery and deepfake risks.

Challenges and uses of AI in public affairshttps://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/022/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZGustavo Fedi

Gustavo Fedi examines the distinction between generative and predictive AI, the challenges of measurement and six emerging applications in public affairs.

Sora: a leap forward in realistic AI video that calls for a coordinated social responsehttps://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/021/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZFernando Nieto Lobato

Sora’s February 2024 announcement, its potential for political communication and the need for a coordinated response to realistic synthetic video.

Gemini Ultra under scrutiny: exploring the capabilities and problems of Google’s latest AIhttps://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/020/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZFernando Nieto Lobato

A historical first assessment of Gemini Ultra in February 2024, including its political-content restrictions, benchmark claims and image-generation examples.

AI: our key ally in first-class traininghttps://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/019/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZSantiago Comadira

Santiago Comadira describes ALEPH’s use of AI to build an immersive electoral training exercise and shares five lessons for educators.

Artificial intelligence at the heart of the political, economic and social agenda at Davos 2024https://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/018/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZFernando Nieto Lobato

Employment, disinformation and science at Davos 2024, and the tension between AI optimism, regulation and inequality.

AI advances unveiled at CES with particular potential for politics and governmenthttps://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/017/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZFernando Nieto Lobato

Holograms, real-time interpreting and portable AI devices at CES 2024, considered through their possible uses in politics and public administration.

Five interesting categories of AI proto-agents already in OpenAI’s new GPT Storehttps://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/016/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZFernando Nieto Lobato

A historical exploration of five types of GPT assistants for politics and government at the launch of OpenAI’s GPT Store.

Artificial intelligence in the 2024 US elections: opportunities, risks and solutionshttps://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/015/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZFernando Nieto Lobato

An examination of the opportunities, disinformation risks and safeguards surrounding AI in the 2024 US elections.

The rise of AI: key predictions for 2024https://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/014/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZFernando Nieto Lobato

Five AI trends predicted at the start of 2024, plus the expected impact of AI on the US elections and public perceptions.

Discover 10 AI-related gift ideas for Christmashttps://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/012/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZFernando Nieto Lobato

The original Christmas 2023 selection of five AI-related books or series and five devices, with historical product descriptions and links.

Marathon EU negotiations culminate in agreement on the world's first cross-sector AI lawhttps://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/011/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZFernando Nieto Lobato

The December 2023 provisional AI Act agreement, its biometric safeguards and the debate over Europe's ability to combine regulation with innovation.

A year of artificial intelligence: the ChatGPT revolution and its global consequenceshttps://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/010/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZFernando Nieto Lobato

ChatGPT's first anniversary, viewed from December 2023 through adoption charts, competing models and early evidence about AI in consulting and education.

Create your own virtual proto-agent: a guide to developing GPTs for any taskhttps://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/009/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZFernando Nieto Lobato

A historical November 2023 walkthrough of the GPT Builder, with complete screenshot dialogues for Tweet Master and examples of other customised assistants.

The end of OpenAI? Sam Altman's dismissal unleashes a storm in the AI worldhttps://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/008/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZFernando Nieto Lobato

A contemporaneous account of OpenAI's November 2023 leadership crisis and the tensions between research, commercial deployment, safety and corporate power.

AI agents: a new way of interacting with technologyhttps://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/007/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZFernando Nieto Lobato

Bill Gates’s vision of personal AI agents prompts an exploration of hypothetical applications in public services, participation, policy analysis and scrutiny.

The first major international AI safety summit: seeking harmony between progress and precautionhttps://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/006/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZFernando Nieto Lobato

The 2023 Bletchley Park summit brought agreements on AI safety, while leaving difficult questions about regulation, openness and international cooperation.

AI innovations transforming public safety and the environment: Time's chosen inventions of 2023https://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/005/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZFernando Nieto Lobato

Three inventions selected by Time in 2023 show how AI can support wildfire detection, wildlife protection and urban drone security.

The silent battle: China, the United States and the race for AI supremacyhttps://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/004/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZPablo Martín Diez

Pablo Martín Diez examines Kai-Fu Lee's account of China's AI advantages and the social contract needed in a world reshaped by automation.

AI's new frontier: multimodality and its applications in politics — GPT-4 V(ision)https://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/003/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZFernando Nieto Lobato

Three historical GPT-4 Vision experiments from October 2023: election posters, a campaign website and the appearance of a fictional candidate.

AI at a political crossroads: Mustafa Suleyman on the containment problemhttps://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/002/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZFernando Nieto Lobato

Mustafa Suleyman's ten steps for containing advanced technologies, and what they demand of governments and international cooperation.

The industrialisation of disinformation: a new era on the horizonhttps://elcontemplador.github.io/estrategia-english/essays/001/2026-09-29T00:00:00Z2026-09-29T00:00:00ZFernando Nieto Lobato

Generative AI could make convincing political disinformation cheap and widely available, with particular risks for local democracy.