Founder and author

Marc Theiler

Marc founded As Above Technologies and runs source-linked research desks on AI agents, robotics, capital, markets, and the body that has to live with them.

AI agents Robotics + physical AI Automation systems Macro markets Hermetic philosophy

Working method

Marc approaches writing like an operator. The useful question is not whether an idea sounds sophisticated. It is whether the idea explains what happened, survives testing, and improves the next decision. Technical pieces are grounded in systems he has built or managed. Market and historical pieces distinguish records from interpretation. Every published article remains open to correction when stronger evidence appears.

Current focus

His current work centers on persistent AI agents, robotics and physical AI, and the operating controls that make automation accountable enough for real businesses. That includes identity, permissions, audit trails, human approval, revocation, failure recovery, deployment evidence, and the less glamorous integration work between models and machines. The same systems perspective carries into his writing on capital allocation, liquidity, cycles, attention, and historical frameworks.

Selected work

The Bond Hedge Is Changing A source-linked global macro analysis of fiscal dominance, Treasury supply, and portfolio defense when the stock-bond hedge turns conditional. The Laser Did Not Write the Code A source-linked assessment of the DMT laser-code claim, perception under an optical scaffold, and the tests required to move the grade. The Red Line on the Wall A plain-language primer on the claim, its origin, and the evidence boundary. The Line Walked. The Invoice Did Not. A Physical AI and global macro analysis of the gap between the production line, accepted work, and independent cash flow. The Computer Will Act. That Is Not AGI. A source-linked analysis of operator models, Critical cyber capability, mandate, monitorability, and revocation. Robotics Intelligence Desk A living map of robotics constraints, companies, capital, supply curves, and deployment evidence. Conversational Voice AI A working guide to real-time voice agents, latency, interruption handling, telephony, and evaluation. Building Your First AI Agent Architecture and lessons from building persistent agent systems for real operations. The Fourth Turning A complete guide to the generational theory, its historical record, and its limits. The Emerald Tablet The foundation text, its transmission, and a practical reading of correspondence.
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