Papers & Essays
A curated selection of thought leadership, technical deep dives, and public-audience essays. Everything here is organized intentionally by audience and purpose.
Featured Thought Leadership
Private & Compliant Fractional Ownership Without Smart Contracts
A QBD-based model for secure asset tokenization, focusing on governance, relationship integrity, and regulatory compliance. Written for enterprise architects and digital asset strategists.
Download available after final editorial rewrite.
Available Papers
AI in the Enterprise: Expectations vs Reality
A practical look at what AI can and cannot deliver in large organizations, including placement, governance, and the myths surrounding RAG-heavy deployments.
Rewrite in progress.
Technical Deep Dives (for Practitioners)
Realistic RAG: Challenges and Failure Modes in Enterprise Deployments
A technical exploration of RAG systems in production environments — latency, relevance collapse, context-window failure, cloud cost traps, and architectural mitigations.
Under rewrite for clarity and completeness.
Optimized RAG Architecture for Cloud Environments
Deep-dive guidance for building scalable RAG pipelines in AWS and Azure, including vector storage, sharding, concurrency, and cross-layer caching.
Rewrite planned to match site editorial voice.
Forthcoming & Under Review
Probabilistic Multi-Variant Reasoning: A Practical Habit for AI Work
A forthcoming publication introducing a structured method for AI-augmented decision-making, grounded in uncertainty modeling rather than binary answers.
Abstract only. Full text available upon request.
Light Essays (General Audience)
Playful, accessible pieces written for broad public audiences. These are intentionally distinct from my enterprise thought leadership writing.
Hippo Hallucinations & the Shape of AI Error
A humorous metaphor-driven essay explaining hallucinations in large language models and why plausibility is not the same as truth.
Rewrite pending for narrative polish.
From Spell Check to AI: How We Got Here
A light teaching essay tracing everyday tools from spell-check to modern AI assistants, written for non-technical readers.
Rewrite pending for editorial consistency.