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Before the Robots Run. More reflections from RSAC 2026 — The Power of the Community and the Machines We Invited In. | Written By Marco Ciappelli & Read By Tape3
This was my twelfth RSA Conference. I know that because I remember the first one, 2012, and I've been counting ever since — not out of habit, but because each year feels like a chapter in a longer story I'm trying to read in real time. Twelve years of standing in that same building in San Francisco, watching an indust
Agade: The AI-Powered Wearable Robots That Protect Workers, Not Replace Them | A Brand Highlight Conversation with Lorenzo Aquilante, Co-Founder and AGADE
There's something poetic about a technology born to help people with muscular dystrophy finding its second life on factory floors and logistics warehouses. That's the story of Agade, an Italian deeptech startup that began as a research project at Politecnico di Milano and evolved into something far more ambitious: a mi
AI Art vs Human Creativity — The Real Difference and why AI Cannot Be An Artist | A Conversation with AI Expert Andrea Isoni, PhD, Chief AI Officer, AI speaker | Redefining Society and Technology with Marco Ciappelli
Chief AI Officer Andrea Isoni challenges the notion that AI can replace human creativity. Drawing from Renaissance workshops to modern kitchens, he argues AI is an assistant, never an artist. In our Hybrid Analog Digital Society, the "last touch" — that deeply human refinement — remains irreplaceable.
CES 2026 Recap | AI, Robotics, Quantum, And Renewable Energy: The Future Is More Practical Than You Think | A Conversation with CTA Senior Director and Futurist Brian Comiskey | Redefining Society and Technology with Marco Ciappelli
CTA Senior Director and Futurist Brian Comiskey delivers a comprehensive CES 2026 debrief. With 148,000 attendees and 4,100 exhibitors, this year's show revealed where technology meets humanity: AI use cases maturing beyond hype, humanoid robots gaining dexterity, quantum innovation accelerating, and energy solutions p
We Have All the Information, So Why Do We Know Less? | Analog Minds in a Digital World: Part 1 | Musing On Society And Technology Newsletter | Article Written By Marco Ciappelli
This newsletter series will explore the tensions, paradoxes, and possibilities of being fundamentally analog beings in an increasingly digital world. We're not just using technology; we're being reshaped by it while simultaneously reshaping it with our deeply human, analog sensibilities.
The First Smartphone Was a Transistor Radio — How a Tiny Device Rewired Youth Culture and Predicted Our Digital Future | Musing On Society And Technology Newsletter | Article Written By Marco Ciappelli
This 1950s Device Was Actually the First Smartphone — And It Changed Everything Before smartphones, social media, and digital revolution, there was the transistor radio - the device that accidentally created the first personal media bubble and changed youth culture forever.
AI Dependency Crisis + EV Infrastructure Failures: Tech Reality Check 2025 | Random and Unscripted Weekly Update with Sean Martin and Marco Ciappelli
Welcome back to Random and Unscripted, where Sean Martin and Marco Ciappelli deliver unvarnished reality checks on technology's actual impact on business and society. This week: How AI dependency is creating a critical thinking crisis in cybersecurity teams, why electric vehicle infrastructure promises are hitting hars
We're Becoming Dumb and Numb: Why Black Hat 2025's AI Hype Is Killing Cybersecurity -- And Our Ability to Think | Random and Unscripted Weekly Update with Sean Martin and Marco Ciappelli
Sean and Marco expose Black Hat 2025's AI marketing problem on Random and Unscripted: every vendor claimed "agentic AI" while CISOs couldn't tell them apart. Using the Greek myth of Talos, they warn we're surrendering decision-making to imperfect systems, creating echo chambers that make us "dumb and numb" to reality.
The Narrative Attack Paradox: When Cybersecurity Lost the Ability to Detect Its Own Deception and the Humanity We Risk When Truth Becomes Optional | Reflections from Black Hat USA 2025 on the Marketing That Chose Fiction Over Facts
When different vendor technologies are being fed into the same promotional blender, possibly a generative AI one, producing standardized output regardless of what went in. When an entire industry converges on identical language to describe supposedly different technologies, meaningful technical discourse breaks down.
The Agentic AI Myth in Cybersecurity and the Humanity We Risk When We Stop Deciding for Ourselves | Reflections from Black Hat USA 2025 on the Latest Tech Salvation Narrative | A Musing On Society & Technology Newsletter
Walking the floors of Black Hat USA 2025 for what must be the 10th or 11th time as accredited media—honestly, I've stopped counting—I found myself witnessing a familiar theater. The same performance we've seen play out repeatedly in cybersecurity: the emergence of a new technological messiah promising to solve all our
From Black Hat to Black Sabbath / Ozzy: AI Agents and Guitars (again!) + Entry Level Cybersecurity Jobs, Robots Evolution, and the Weekly Recap You Didn’t Expect | Random and Unscripted Weekly Update with Sean Martin and Marco Ciappelli
Marco Ciappelli and Sean Martin are back with another random and unscripted weekly recap—from pre-Black Hat buzz and AI agents to vintage wood guitars, talent gaps, and Glen Miller debates. This week’s reflection hits tech, music, and philosophy in all the right ways. Tune in, ramble with us, and subscribe.
The Hybrid Species — When Technology Becomes Human, and Humans Become Technology | A Musing On Society & Technology Newsletter Written By Marco Ciappelli | Read by TAPE3
The Hybrid Species — When Technology Becomes Human, and Humans Become Technology | A Musing On Society & Technology Newsletter Written By Marco Ciappelli | Read by TAPE3
ITSPmagazine Weekly Update | From AI Agents to Tape Mixes, to Guitars and Black Hat Buzzwords and much more with Marco & Sean | Random and Unscripted Weekly Update with Sean Martin and Marco Ciappelli
In this weekly random and unscripted update, Marco Ciappelli and Sean Martin catch up on their latest stories, from AI agents replacing SOC analysts to mixtape nostalgia and vintage guitars made from NYC history. They also tease big things coming at Black Hat USA and reflect on why collaboration is core to ITSPmagazine
When We See Technology as a System of Systems, It Changes Everything — Us, Society… and Even the Robots | Random and Unscripted with Sean Martin and Marco Ciappelli
In this Random and Unscripted episode, Marco Ciappelli and Sean Martin connect the dots between AI, robotics, connected systems, and human behavior. How do machines reshape society—and how do we reshape ourselves in response? A conversation born from their latest articles.
Robbie, From Fiction to Familiar — Robots, AI, and the Illusion of Consciousness | A Musing On Society & Technology Newsletter Written By Marco Ciappelli | Read by TAPE3
Robbie, From Fiction to Familiar — Robots, AI, and the Illusion of Consciousness | A Musing On Society & Technology Newsletter Written By Marco Ciappelli | Read by TAPE3
Living Forever (Sort Of): AI Clones, Digital Ghosts, and the Problem with Perfection | A Carbon, a Silicon, and a Cell walk into a bar... | A Redefining Society Podcast Series With Recurring Guest Dr. Bruce Y. Lee
What if you could live forever — sort of? In this episode, Bruce Y. Lee and I meet at our usual bar to explore digital immortality, algorithmic relationships, and what makes a person… well, a person. Star Trek, deepfakes, AI therapists, and dead celebrities all make an appearance. Is it still you if your clone outlives
Inequality in the Age of Singularity: Society, Technology, and the Future of Healthcare | A Carbon, a Silicon, and a Cell walk into a bar... | A Redefining Society Podcast Series With Recurring Guest Dr. Bruce Y. Lee
I’ve been thinking a lot about the way our society meets technology head-on. As we approach an age of unprecedented advancements—artificial intelligence, genetic editing, life extension—the big question that keeps coming back is: Who truly benefits? This episode of the Redefining Society and Technology Podcast digs int
BarCode and Inhuman | A Conversation with Chris Glanden | Cyber Cognition Podcast with Hutch and Len Noe
Discussion with Chris Glanden - founder/CEO of BarCode and Producer of the Inhuman Documentary on AI, Robotics, Cybersecurity, Filmmaking, Podcasting, etc.
Healthcare, Technology, Transhumanism, and a Garlic: A Deep Dive into the Future of Healthcare and Humanity | A Carbon, a Silicon, and a Cell walk into a bar... | A Redefining Society Podcast Series With Recurring Guest Dr. Bruce Y. Lee
In this episode of the Redefining Society Podcast, I sit down with Dr. Bruce Y. Lee to explore the fascinating, and sometimes frightening, world of transhumanism and the ethical questions it raises.
Crossing the Uncanny Valley | Cyber Cognition Podcast with Hutch and Len Noe
As we get closer to replicating human behavior with AI and robotics, negative visceral responses are becoming common and more pronounced. Hutch and Len discuss the societal impacts of this response.
Ethics and Technology | Cyber Cognition Podcast with Hutch and Len Noe
In this episode, we examine the complex ethical questions that arise from the increasingly powerful technological capabilities of the modern age.
Redefining Existence: Will We Be Carbon, Silicon, Digital Entities, Or A Little Bit Everything? | A Carbon, a Silicon, and a Cell walk into a bar... | A Redefining Society Podcast Series With Recurring Guest Dr. Bruce Y. Lee and Host Marco Ciappelli
Bruce and Marco ponder how technology can help us redefine our existence, highlighting how advancements can blur the lines between reality and the digital world.
CES 2024 Coverage | Safeguarding Your Sanctuary: Expectations for Data Privacy in the Smart Home Era: A Post-Event Coverage of CES 2024 with Kate Barecchia
Marco talks with Kate Barecchia, Vice President, Deputy General Counsel, and Global Data Privacy Officer at Imperva about the evolving landscape of technology and its impact on our daily lives, both in terms of cybersecurity and data privacy.
Embracing the Cubes: A Conversation on Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, and Human-Tech Interactions | A Carbon, a Silicon, and a Cell walk into a bar... | A Redefining Society Podcast Series With Recurring Guest Dr. Bruce Y. Lee and Host Marco Ciappelli
In this episode, join hosts Marco Ciappelli and recurring guest Dr. Bruce Y. Lee as they explore the fascinating world where human behaviors connect and interact with the quick and big leaps of artificial intelligence and robotics.