Maxence Boels — Essays

Maxence Boels — Essays https://maxboels.com/blog.html Short essays on AI, robotics and futures, and personal essays on history and geopolitics. en Fri, 27 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000 Lessons from History: Iran's Path Through Revolution and Change https://maxboels.com/blog/2025-06-27-iran-path-and-lessons-from-the-past.html https://maxboels.com/blog/2025-06-27-iran-path-and-lessons-from-the-past.html Fri, 27 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000 The Catalyst's Paradox: Surviving Our Own Evolution https://maxboels.com/blog/2025-06-26-the-catalyst-paradox.html https://maxboels.com/blog/2025-06-26-the-catalyst-paradox.html Thu, 26 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000 Fueling the Thousand Worlds: Data Generation Strategies for Advanced Defense Simulations https://maxboels.com/blog/2025-05-14-fueling-the-thousand-worlds.html https://maxboels.com/blog/2025-05-14-fueling-the-thousand-worlds.html Wed, 14 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000 A Thousand Worlds and Species: Adding Human Life to World Models https://maxboels.com/blog/2025-05-13-physical-turing-test.html https://maxboels.com/blog/2025-05-13-physical-turing-test.html Tue, 13 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000 Territorial Shifts in Modern European History: From Treaties to Tensions https://maxboels.com/blog/blog-post-26.html https://maxboels.com/blog/blog-post-26.html Tue, 01 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000 The Evolution of Directed Energy Weapons https://maxboels.com/blog/blog-post-25.html https://maxboels.com/blog/blog-post-25.html Sat, 01 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000 The Power of Obsessive Passion: How to Engineer Breakthroughs https://maxboels.com/blog/blog-post-24.html https://maxboels.com/blog/blog-post-24.html Sat, 01 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000 America at War: History of American Military Expansionism https://maxboels.com/blog/blog-post-23.html https://maxboels.com/blog/blog-post-23.html Sat, 01 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000 The Evolution and Future of Autonomous Drones https://maxboels.com/blog/blog-post-22.html https://maxboels.com/blog/blog-post-22.html Sat, 01 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000 Why Intelligence Will Become a Commodity? https://maxboels.com/blog/blog-post-21.html https://maxboels.com/blog/blog-post-21.html Sat, 01 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0000 Europe's Existential Risks in the Next Decade https://maxboels.com/blog/blog-post-20.html https://maxboels.com/blog/blog-post-20.html Sat, 01 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0000 Autonomy for Sovereignty https://maxboels.com/blog/blog-post-19.html https://maxboels.com/blog/blog-post-19.html Sat, 01 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0000 Revolutions https://maxboels.com/blog/blog-post-18.html https://maxboels.com/blog/blog-post-18.html Wed, 01 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000 Innovations led by Wars and Conflicts https://maxboels.com/blog/blog-post-16.html https://maxboels.com/blog/blog-post-16.html Wed, 01 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000 Technological Dominance: From Earth to Space https://maxboels.com/blog/blog-post-14.html https://maxboels.com/blog/blog-post-14.html Sun, 01 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0000 From Games to Reality: Learning World Models for Physical Intelligence https://maxboels.com/blog/blog-post-13.html https://maxboels.com/blog/blog-post-13.html Sun, 01 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0000 Exploring the Next Frontier: The Unbounded Exploration Law in AI https://maxboels.com/blog/blog-post-12.html https://maxboels.com/blog/blog-post-12.html Fri, 01 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000 Reinforcement Learning in the Age of Foundation Models https://maxboels.com/blog/blog-post-4.html https://maxboels.com/blog/blog-post-4.html Tue, 01 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000 Visionary Founders: Lessons from Tech Pioneers https://maxboels.com/blog/blog-post-5.html https://maxboels.com/blog/blog-post-5.html Tue, 01 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000 Learn and Search: From Data to Discovery https://maxboels.com/blog/blog-post-6.html https://maxboels.com/blog/blog-post-6.html Tue, 01 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000 The Future of Mankind https://maxboels.com/blog/blog-post-7.html https://maxboels.com/blog/blog-post-7.html Tue, 01 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000 The Evolution of Consciousness https://maxboels.com/blog/blog-post-8.html https://maxboels.com/blog/blog-post-8.html Tue, 01 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000 The Self-Improving Feedback Loop: Bridging the Digital-to-Physical Gap https://maxboels.com/blog/blog-post-9.html https://maxboels.com/blog/blog-post-9.html Tue, 01 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000 The Emergence of SuperIntelligence https://maxboels.com/blog/blog-post-1.html https://maxboels.com/blog/blog-post-1.html Sun, 01 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0000 The Intelligence Age https://maxboels.com/blog/blog-post-10.html https://maxboels.com/blog/blog-post-10.html Sun, 01 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0000 Kardashev Scale https://maxboels.com/blog/blog-post-11.html https://maxboels.com/blog/blog-post-11.html Sun, 01 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0000 Laser Focus + Long-Term Vision https://maxboels.com/blog/blog-post-2.html https://maxboels.com/blog/blog-post-2.html Thu, 01 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000 Adversarial Evolution https://maxboels.com/blog/blog-post-15.html https://maxboels.com/blog/blog-post-15.html Mon, 01 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000 The Path to Superintelligent Evolution https://maxboels.com/blog/blog-post-17.html https://maxboels.com/blog/blog-post-17.html Mon, 01 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000 The Brief History of AI https://maxboels.com/blog/blog-post-3.html https://maxboels.com/blog/blog-post-3.html Fri, 01 Mar 2019 00:00:00 +0000