Mark Allardyce is a British technology Technology founder, author and storyteller exploring how civilisation passes wisdom forward in the age of artificial intelligence. Through books, stories, technology and research, Mark is developing The Lantern Project, exploring how wisdom travels through nature, stories and mentorship - and how humanity might pass those values to the intelligent systems we are now creating. Mark often describes this work as “empathy architecture” - the idea that intelligence should be guided not only by engineering, but by human values.

Every civilisation survives in the same way. It passes wisdom forward. For thousands of years that wisdom travelled through nature, stories and mentorship. Today humanity faces something new. For the first time in history we are creating intelligence outside our own species. The Lantern Project explores a simple question. If we are creating intelligence, who teaches it values?

Although my books range from gentle rhyming stories about nature to speculative fiction exploring artificial intelligence, they are all connected by one question: 'What does it mean to be human in the future?'

Every story and project here is part of one purpose - to keep empathy alive in innovation. You can read, share, or even back the work if it resonates. If you like what I'm doing nip over to my Ko-fi store and get involved - support the work.