Ana Melikian, Ph.D.·Aug 29Being Right Has a Shelf LifeA screen told me everything was fine for months. Every word of it was true. What I lost was not files.
Ana Melikian, Ph.D.·May 18Nazaré and the 100-Foot AI Wave: A Practice, Not an EventWhy “How do we survive?” is the wrong question — and what the surfers at Nazaré teach about the new normal in the AI era.
Ana Melikian, Ph.D.·May 2The U.S. AI Stack, Explained Through a CarA deeper look beneath the metaphor — chips, CEOs, news, and the layer reshaping everything in 2026.
Ana Melikian, Ph.D.·Apr 25Expand Without DriftingA closer look at the first of the three AI-intensification tendencies — and why awareness, not judgment, is what separates expansion from…
Ana Melikian, Ph.D.·Apr 18Are We Doing It to Ourselves?AI didn’t pile on more work. We did. And the multitasking myth is back — wearing a better disguise.
Ana Melikian, Ph.D.·Apr 4Two Potential Gaps: What AI Data and William James Reveal About Human CapacityThe 61-point AI potential gap has a mirror — and it’s been hiding in plain sight since 1907
Ana Melikian, Ph.D.·Mar 27The Human Readiness Gap: Why AI’s Biggest Bottleneck Is Leadership, Not TechnologyWhen the gap between what AI could do and what it actually does reveals the real work that matters
Ana Melikian, Ph.D.·Mar 20AI Potential Starts With Human PotentialWhat a 67-second keynote reel reminded me about the work that actually matters.
Ana Melikian, Ph.D.·Mar 6The Literacy Few Are Teaching: Why AI Skills Alone Won’t Save UsEvery leader needs two literacies to ride the AI wave. The world is investing in one and ignoring the other.
Ana Melikian, Ph.D.·Feb 20I Gave an AI Agent My To-Do List. Here’s What Actually Happened.The agentic AI era didn’t arrive with a press release. It showed up at my kitchen table.
