Bruno Maçães
Portuguese writer on geopolitics; Portugal's Secretary of State for European Affairs from 2013 to 2015. Author of The Dawn of Eurasia (2018), Belt and Road (2019) and History Has Begun (2020); writes the World Builders newsletter on world politics, technology and virtual worlds.
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What they believe
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A language model is a universal virtual reality generator that can be programmed to render any environment.
A language model is closer to a universal virtual reality generator, one machine that can be programmed to render any environment.
brunomacaes.substack.comSaid 21 Oct 2026This on korrents
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Artificial intelligence will not replace human intelligence.
Artificial intelligence will not replace human intelligence.
brunomacaes.substack.comSaid 11 Oct 2026This on korrents
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Beliefs
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A language model is a universal virtual reality generator that can be programmed to render any environment.
A language model is closer to a universal virtual reality generator, one machine that can be programmed to render any environment.
Who Runs the Universal Simulator? Said 21 Oct 2026
A sealed machine that redesigns itself will eventually redesign everything that touches its seal.
A sealed machine that redesigns itself will, given time, redesign everything that touches the seal.
Who Runs the Universal Simulator? Said 21 Oct 2026
Artificial intelligence will not replace human intelligence.
Artificial intelligence will not replace human intelligence.
An Infrastructure for Virtual Worlds Said 11 Oct 2026
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Artificial intelligence will get humans farther away from understanding the world because it creates worlds not grounded in reality.
The inevitable conclusion would seem to be that artificial intelligence will never get us any closer to understanding the world. It will get us farther and farther away from that goal because it is busy creating new worlds, worlds no longer grounded in reality.
An Infrastructure for Virtual Worlds Said 11 Oct 2026
Social and economic activities like law or healthcare will take many decades to be fully reproducible in virtual form.
Other social and economic activities, such as law or healthcare, will take many decades to be fully reproducible in virtual form.
An Infrastructure for Virtual Worlds Said 11 Oct 2026
Human beings often react with anger when others decide to pursue diverging paths in intellectual or political pursuits.
And yet, when it comes to intellectual pursuits, human beings behave very differently. The situation may be even worse in the case of political pursuits. In these cases, they often get angry if others decide to pursue diverging paths.
My new book: In Search of Greater India Said 5 Jun 2026
Division of labour increases the odds of finding the object of a quest.
Division of labour increases the odds of finding the object of a quest, in these matters as with the castaways we just left, again stranded, in their island.
My new book: In Search of Greater India Said 5 Jun 2026
The West's direct responsibility distinguishes the Gaza genocide.
What distinguishes the Gaza genocide is the West's direct responsibility.
Gaza: The Reckoning Said 26 Nov 2025
Western democracies have actively supported the genocide through the repression of critics.
The main way the genocide has been actively supported by our democracies is less the flow of weapons and intelligence to Israel, important as these are, than the organised repression and punishment of everyone who dared to call attention to events in Gaza or offer criticism of Israel and its conduct.
Gaza: The Reckoning Said 26 Nov 2025
A collapse in Western societies may be a collapse of the human personality.
If there is a collapse in Western societies, it is not merely a collapse of media or political structures. It is much worse. It may well be a collapse of the human personality.
Gaza: The Reckoning Said 26 Nov 2025
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Where they publish
Newsletter World Builders Essays on world order, AI and virtual worlds, Europe, China and the Middle East
Link verified 24 Oct 2026.
x.com @MacaesBruno Posts on geopolitics, Europe, China and technology
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