David Ing @daviding@qoto.org

"Most of thought has nothing to do with language" says @yannlecun . LLMs are incapable of four essential characteristics of intelligent behavior. The next generation of AI has world models, predicting what might happen as consequences of action .

https://daviding.wordpress.com/2025/08/13/2025-05-15-the-future-of-open-ai-not-as-llms/

"It might not be about starting with why, maybe it's about starting with when" says #ZaidKhan on "Humbling Design by Sensing Rhythms" to audience of designers at #OCADU #TEDx. Building on research from master's in design, plus #SystemsThinking collaboration since 2019.

https://youtu.be/RwDU7vb20Ow

Video recording of "AI Automation or IA Intelligence Augmentation" roundtable by #ISSIP + #CsrpInstitute sparked chats on negotiation skills, essential services, autonomous workgroups, accountabilities, asynchonous learning and AI.

https://coevolving.com/blogs/index.php/archive/ai-automation-or-ia-intelligence-augmentation-issip/

Slides and video on “Thinking with Time: A brief introduction to Systems Changes Learning” by #ZaidKhan for Strategic Foresight and Innovation program at @ocad "Understanding Systems" course are an easier way into recent progress on #SystemsThinking foregrounding temporality.

https://coevolving.com/blogs/index.php/archive/thinking-with-time-zaid-khan/

"Living systems science"!

> 17 ... design-engaged cross-disciplinary
... AI, living systems science, social sciences, material science, ... engineering, arts and culture, and economic management ...

DesignS: World Design Cities Shanghai Manifesto 2024

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sheji.2025.05.003

Web video of lecture on "Pacing Changes: Elevating the when+where in living systems", for #AnnaChekhman course on Designing Future Systems #YorkUniveristy School of the Arts, Media, Performance & Design, Toronto . Advancing #SystemsThinking with #SystemsChange research.

https://coevolving.com/blogs/index.php/archive/pacing-changes-elevating-the-whenwhere-in-living-systems/