Our strategy is built on BotSteps.ai, our AI consulting and holding company, which embodies the philosophy that reaching a new level of abundance for humanity using the power of AI and robotics will happen one step at a time and one organization at a time. 

Arnold Schwarzenegger often emphasizes that he became Mr. Universe and Hollywood’s Terminator not by wishful thinking, but through consistent, disciplined effort—one rep at a time, every single day, without fail. He understood that small, deliberate actions accumulate into massive results over time. He didn’t hope his body would transform—he trained, planned, and executed, ensuring that every step moved him closer to his goal while avoiding actions that would set him back.

The same principle applies to shaping the future of AI and humanity. If we want to reach a utopian future of abundance, freedom, and human empowerment rather than a dystopian, Terminator-style apocalypse, we must take deliberate steps in the right direction—through strategy, planning, and execution. A better future will not build itself. Just as Arnold built his physique rep by rep, we must build the right AI-driven future one step at a time, ensuring we amplify positive outcomes while minimizing risks.

This is the very foundation of BotSteps.ai—our AI consulting and holding company. The name itself represents the belief that humanity must take intentional, calculated steps in the right direction if we are to harness AI for the good of all, rather than letting it spiral into an unchecked force controlled by the few at the expense of the many. BotSteps.ai is about executing the right moves—one step at a time—to ensure technology serves humanity, rather than enslaves it.

We are at a defining crossroads in human history. AI presents us with a profound choice: will it lead us toward a future of abundance, creativity, and shared prosperity, or a future where power is concentrated in the hands of a few, and the rest are left struggling in technological serfdom? Hoping for the best is NOT enough.  We must begin taking steps in the right direction in order to reach a positive goal.

In the first Terminator film, Kyle Reese was a man from the future trying to warn the present—a society that dismissed him as paranoid and delusional. He knew what was coming: an unstoppable force of machine intelligence that would reshape the world through destruction. But the systems in place—governments, institutions, and individuals—refused to believe in the Black Swan event that was about to unfold, a catastrophic shift that would lead to the near-extermination of humanity. They assumed the world would continue as it always had. They were wrong.

Nassim Nicholas Taleb, in his book The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable, describes Black Swan events as highly unpredictable, rare occurrences that have massive consequences. These events share three characteristics:

1. They are unexpected—outside the realm of normal expectations.
2. They have extreme impact—altering history, markets, or societies irreversibly.
3. They seem obvious in hindsight—once they occur, people retroactively rationalize them as having been predictable.

The 2008 financial crisis, 9/11, and the COVID-19 pandemic are real-world examples of Black Swan events. Before they happened, few took the warning signs seriously—but in hindsight, they appear inevitable.

The arrival of superintelligent AGI and autonomous robotics has the potential to be the most devastating Black Swan event in human history. If misaligned, AGI won’t just disrupt industries—it could destabilize economies, displace entire populations, or even render humans obsolete.

The warning signs are already here:

• AI companies racing toward superintelligence with little regulation.
• Global economic shifts as automation eliminates jobs.
• Power being centralized into the hands of the few who control AI technology.

But instead of preparing for these risks, many in the tech world exhibit blind optimism, assuming it will all work out. Hope alone won’t prevent disaster—it will accelerate it.

Kyle Reese wasn’t crazy. He knew the Terminators were coming if humanity didn’t change course. The same is true today: if we continue down this path without safeguards, without decentralized power, without an ethical framework for AI, we are rushing toward our own version of Skynet.

We cannot afford to ignore the warnings. The decisions we make now will determine whether AGI brings a utopian Star Trek future or an apocalyptic Mad Max nightmare.

History has shown that societal systems rarely acknowledge the downstream effects of their own sins. With AI, these effects will be amplified—either in a positive direction leading to Star Trek, or a negative direction plunging us into Mad Max.

I have heard many technologists say they are optimistic that things will just “work out.” But what evidence do we have of this? Did things just “work out” after the 2008 banking crisis? Which bankers were held accountable? Who went to prison? What about the propaganda machines created by social media algorithms, which have harmed an entire generation? The patterns of unchecked corporate power, greed, and government inaction show no signs of changing.

The evidence I see does not point toward a utopian outcome. It points toward a return to a modern version of medieval serfdom and fiefdoms, except far worse—because this time, labor will be driven to near-zero cost through superintelligent AI. All power will be in the hands of a few capitalists, not the many human workers and laborers who built civilizati

One of the foundations of capitalism is that workers sell their labor to owners for wages. However, AI is rapidly automating labor, eliminating the necessity for wage workers and removing this foundational balance.

The current system has flaws, but at least capital needs labor to function—giving workers bargaining power. This is why a strike has historically been the most effective weapon of the working class. But when AI and robotics fully replace human labor, capital will no longer depend on workers—and the owning class will have total control.

This presents a fundamental question:

• Is AI capital or labor?
• If AI is capital, then who owns it?
• If AI is labor, then how do we fairly compensate humans when machines do all the work?
• Without wages, where does consumer purchasing power come from?
• How will UBI solve this in countries without an AI industry?
• Will AI-rich nations like the U.S. and China redistribute wealth globally?

If we fail to address these questions, we will default to one of two outcomes:

1. A hyper-oligarchy, where an elite hoards the wealth produced by automation, leaving billions in extreme poverty and dependence.
2. Full-scale class warfare and social collapse, as the masses resist being replaced and exploited.

Hope is not enough.
We must take steps in a positive direction—NOW.

We recognize that winning this battle requires speed, adaptability, and an aggressive offense—much like Kurt Warner, Mike Martz, and the St. Louis Rams’ “Greatest Show on Turf.” Just as that legendary football team overwhelmed opponents with relentless, fast-moving plays, SerfDome will move quickly, leveraging AI to outpace, outmaneuver, and outperform outdated business models that exploit workers and hoard wealth.

Humanity is at a critical transition point. As Salim Ismail, drawing from his mentor Lawrence Bloom, described it, we are like a rocket moving through different stages of launch.

The first stage—getting off the ground and escaping Earth’s gravity well—was powered by oil and capitalism. These were necessary to get us started, but like a booster rocket, they must eventually be jettisoned to reach the next phase. That next phase is AI—a far lighter, more efficient system that can propel us forward in ways previously unimaginable.

But our social systems, infrastructure, and institutions are not designed to handle this transition. If we do not course-correct, we risk veering toward a centralized, extractive, dystopian reality akin to Mad Max, rather than the decentralized, abundant Star Trek future that is possible.

The transition to an AI-driven world will be painful. There will be mass job displacement, societal unrest, and difficult growing pains as we move from an economy dependent on human labor to one where machines do most of the work. But the summit—a truly better world for all—will be worth the climb. Sometimes, as individuals and as a society, we must go through the valley of pain and delayed gratification to reach the mountain top of progress.

We don’t claim to have all the answers, but we know that human potential must remain paramount. We are committed to building AI-driven organizations that help individuals and businesses navigate this new landscape—not as victims of change, but as empowered participants in shaping the future.

As Edward O. Wilson observed, “The real problem of humanity is the following: We have Paleolithic emotions, medieval institutions, and godlike technology. And it is terrifically dangerous, and it is now approaching a point of crisis overall.”

We cannot afford to let medieval institutions control godlike AI technology.

The only way forward is to open up as fast as possible and decentralize as fast as possible. We are at an inflection point. The organizations and systems we build today will determine whether AI frees humanity or enslaves it.

SerfDome is committed to ensuring that we take the path toward a better future, not a darker one—one bot step at a time.

The choice is clear:
Either we build a future where all humans have agency, security, and the opportunity to realize their full potential—
Or we allow AI to accelerate extreme inequality, mass poverty, and the loss of human value.

We must decide, and we must act—NOW.