I was invited to be the opening keynote speaker of the “AI in Government” conference held at the QT Canberra, Australia held 24-25 July 2025.

In this talk, under the veil of “The role of AI in modern work”, I actually share what I consider one of my most valuable pieces of intellectual property - something I’ve held onto for years - and it is in fact a philosophy.

I speak about my extension to the DIKW pyramid, not only going Beyond Wisdom, but also talking about what we do with it. I talk about the very nature of what intelligence is.

This is a valuable framework for anyone working with artificial intelligence to understand ways we can (1) best collaborate with artificial intelligence, (2) understand artificial intelligence as an enabling technology.

The talk opening also includes a call to action to act and do something good with AI for the public ASAP citing the cultural legacy we have gained around nuclear power due to the disruptive technology starting the atomic era being weaponised for harm before we had a chance to win the public’s trust, and rightfully so.

Finally, I introduce how I use and apply this thinking in my latest venture: meos. Artificial Intelligence starts the Knowledge Era. We can now move knowledge around like we move information. We have built the kernel to an AI operating system. We have the SDK. Our first application on top of it is notes.

Enjoy and as always feel free to reach out.