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Mike Todasco writes about AI for people who don’t work in AI. He holds 119 patents from his years leading innovation at PayPal and is a Visiting Fellow at San Diego State’s AI Center.
Mike Todasco is a writer, inventor and Visiting Fellow at San Diego State’s James Silberrad Brown Center for AI. He writes Artificially Intelligent Conversations, a weekly newsletter about AI without the hype, and holds 119 patents from his years leading innovation at PayPal.
Mike Todasco is a writer of eclectic stuff. He writes Artificially Intelligent Conversations, a weekly newsletter read by people who want to understand AI without being sold it, and his humor has appeared in Weekly Humorist, Slackjaw, Points in Case and Robot Butt. He holds 119 patents from his years leading innovation at PayPal, and is a Visiting Fellow at San Diego State’s James Silberrad Brown Center for AI, where his research has been cited 1,765 times. His first children’s graphic novel series, Periodic Fables, arrives from Paw Prints Publishing in Fall 2027. He lives in California with his wife and two kids.
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What I can talk about
What actually works today, what is marketing, and how to tell the difference — for people who do not work in AI.
Eleven years running it at PayPal, and why most corporate innovation theatre fails.
Turning the periodic table into a graphic novel, and what children get about science that adults have unlearned.
Whether the machines are funny yet, and what happens to writers who use them.
How inventing actually works day to day, and why the number matters less than you think.
Questions that work
Steal these, or ignore them entirely.
- What is the most overrated thing in AI right now?
- You have 119 patents — what does inventing actually look like on a Tuesday?
- You surveyed 300 people about data centre electricity. What did they get wrong?
- Can AI be funny yet?
- Why write a children’s book about atoms?
- What should someone who does not work in AI actually do about it?
Recently on
- Second Orders PodcastThe Golden Age of Middle Management Apr-26
- ZappableDrawing the Line with AI Jan-26
- NBC 7 San DiegoHow to Use AI to Help You with New Year's Resolutions Dec-25
- Brilliant ChaosAI Isn't Magic, It's Math Dec-25
- NPR: Morning EditionMore consumers are using AI tools to help them shop Dec-25
- The Climb: Confident Leader PodcastSeason 2 Episode 12: Fail First, Lead Fast: Building Innovation and Resilience with Mike Todasco Nov-25
Logistics
- Remote, over Riverside, Zoom or whatever you use
- Wired mic and headphones, quiet room
- Happy to record locally and send you the file
- Pacific time; early mornings are fine