Waiting for a Book’s Release in an Age of Rapid AI Change
Author Purgatory
10 Nov 2025
As I write this, the book is a week away from general release. I am finding this period, which I call author purgatory, exciting and anxious at the same time. When I wrote this book, I had two things in mind for the reader: I wanted the book to nourish the mind with technological insights and patterns I have observed over the years, but also to be a communion for the soul.
Two worlds that don’t often sit together in a publication, and it will be seen if this happens, but I do hope it provides some direction for the readers.
At the same time, I am conscious that the world of AI is changing week by week. The observations I speak of in the book are coming to life faster than anyone could have predicted.
Just over the last few months, we have seen more and more powerful models released, and social media reimagined with OpenAI’s release of SORA 2.
In 2023, the largest models were in the few-hundred-billion-parameter range. By 2025, frontier models are effectively operating in the multi-trillion-parameter class — roughly a ten-fold increase in scale and capability in just two years.
Over the last few weeks, nearly all the leading vendors have released AI-powered browsers, and there has been unprecedented investment in AI infrastructure, including GPU acquisitions and data centre ambitions.
In October, Lilly also announced a major technology partnership with NVIDIA to build what it calls the “most powerful supercomputer owned and operated by a pharmaceutical company,” dedicated to accelerating drug discovery and development through advanced AI models. This supercomputer is set to dramatically accelerate R&D timelines and reduce costs, emphasising the industry’s pivot toward AI-based solutions for pharmaceutical innovation.
The world we live in will change, as will we, as we have done in the past iterations of technology enablement.
I am excited about what tomorrow will bring (literally) as I am invited to BBC West Midlands Radio to talk about the book and some of the thoughts behind it. I will keep you posted!