Juan Manuel Lucero

The more data we have, the harder decisions get

Sat, 07 Nov 2026 09:00:00 -0300

Contrary to what you might expect, AI complicates strategy rather than simplifying it. The reason is what the author calls "analytical abundance": AI makes it possible to justify several possible futures at once. For decision-makers, the challenge is no longer finding information but choosing one of those paths and committing to it.

New generations and how they consume information

Tue, 17 Feb 2026 09:00:00 -0300

Young people aged 18 to 25 are building their own information systems, and they will not wait for traditional media…

The difference between "thinking" and predicting the next word

Tue, 02 Dec 2025 09:00:00 -0300

A language model can write complex code, solve differential equations and discuss Borges's influence on contemporary literature…

Brains in jars, grounding, or why AI needs a body

Tue, 18 Nov 2025 09:00:00 -0300

Large language models are disembodied brains floating in digital space…

The illusion of continuity: how AI weaves memory without having a past

Wed, 12 Nov 2025 09:00:00 -0300

There is a moment in interacting with an artificial intelligence that feels strangely intimate…

From words to numbers: how AI builds meaning

Mon, 27 Oct 2025 09:00:00 -0300

For centuries, language was considered a border between the human and the artificial…

AI and science, promising advances

Fri, 17 Oct 2025 09:00:00 -0300

Discovering new cancer therapies has historically been an immense challenge…

How does an AI "learn" to read and write like a human?

Mon, 06 Oct 2025 09:00:00 -0300

Computers do not understand words, only numbers…

Technology has to serve people

Wed, 11 Dec 2019 09:00:00 -0300

In uncertain times, innovation is sustainability's best ally

Tue, 05 Mar 2019 09:00:00 -0300

Media outlets, butterflies or chameleons

Wed, 05 Dec 2018 09:00:00 -0300

Innovation and entrepreneurship: keys to business success

Sun, 03 Jul 2016 09:00:00 -0300

Buying followers, or the zero value of looking successful

Wed, 01 Aug 2012 09:00:00 -0300

The rise of social networks brought a lot of frustration to newcomers: gaining followers is a slow process, usually tied to the worth of what you publish. But digital opportunists found a new way to trade on ego: selling followers to anyone who needs them to look more important than they are.

Ecce Homo, from social creativity to meme

Wed, 01 Aug 2012 09:00:00 -0300

Cecilia Giménez, an elderly Spanish woman, tried to restore a painting in a visibly deteriorated state. Driven by the wish to save an image that was fading, she made a series of changes that, thanks to social creativity, took it from classic icon to meme.

Armchair revolutions

Sun, 01 Jul 2012 09:00:00 -0300

A #hashtag sets cyberspace on fire: crowds gather angrily on Facebook walls to protest, memes swarm forums and comment sections, dozens of YouTube videos raise their voices and a social uprising seems imminent. Yet locally, these digital initiatives have gained little traction. Are the tools failing, or are we too attached to firecrackers?

Electronic voting: a danger to democracy

Tue, 01 May 2012 09:00:00 -0300

Democracy is at risk behind the widespread assumption that electronic voting is an improvement over traditional voting. Yet there is proven evidence that electronic voting endangers transparency and poses a real risk to the full exercise of our rights as citizens.