Blog Post 1: Why Q Isn't Like Today's AI

After 40 years managing IT projects, I've developed an intuitive sense for how systems evolve. When I created Q for "Blood and Brilliance," I deliberately avoided modeling it on ChatGPT, Claude, or other current AI tools. Instead, Q grew from a simple premise: a patient who couldn't speak or move wanted to "think" text messages to his phone.

This origin matters. Q wasn't born from Silicon Valley's AI race but from Geneva and Paris, in the minds of a neurosurgeon and an AI coder solving a specific human need. The system expanded organically - from texting to phone apps, then to scientific collaboration, eventually becoming the only way scientists shared research.

Q requires a brain chip and tracks everything - who wrote what, which ideas spawned other ideas, creating 3D maps of knowledge flow with full attribution. It's more IT project management than AI magic. That's intentional. As someone comfortable in tech but not deeply involved in AI research, I built Q to serve my story's needs, not to predict AI's actual future.