Kingi Gilbert

Producer. Ex-Saatchi & Saatchi, ex-Video Game Producer. Director Ignite Studios. Studied Entrepreneurship Acceleration @ Wharton, and Advertising & Marketing @ A.U.T.

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Insights

The Weight of It

There’s a particular kind of frustration that comes from watching something happen, like watching a car crash in slow motion, like watching your child fall off a bike, like watching Israel and the US military tearing more schools and buildings apart with bombs.

AI

Beyond Careful Using AI in 2026

It's February 2026 - I'm stopping all paid AI subscriptions and removing AI from my local machine. Recent security disclosures on have convinced me that the current generation of agentic AI systems—whether cloud-based or local—operates in a fundamentally broken security model.

AI

AI Agents & Development Timeline

Here's some of my explorative technologies and insights into AI. I believe I am making information assistants, not artificial intelligence.

Synthesis

Synthesis EP01: The Dragon and the Eagle: A Dangerous Dance

This podcast examines the captivating, yet perilous tango between the U.S. and China as they vie for global dominance. Despite their rivalry, these two superpowers are intricately linked through trade, technology, and a shared ambition to shape the future.

AI

AI Tests: Analyzing Carbohydrate and Protein Intake

In this video, I conduct AI tests to analyze my carbohydrate and protein intake. I ask five popular AI tools - Claude, Meta AI, Perplexity, and Pi.ai to calculate and present the nutritional values of the foods I ate.

Insights

Wikipedia, Reddit, Stack Overflow, Google and AI

Moderators and executives clash on principles of data accuracy, integrity and commercialism. The effects of AI on the web are not simple to summarise, but here's a few insightful quotes from people spending a lot of time reviewing thie transformation of today's web tools.

Insights

ChatGPT Helps But Can Harm Too

After reaching 100 million monthly active users just two months after launch, ChatGPT is the fastest-growing consumer application in history, so what makes it special? What do we need to watch out for?

Insights

ChatGPT i Ka Leo Hawai'i

'O ChatGPT he holomua e kāko'o ana i kānaka i ka hana ma ke kikokiko ma ka heluhelu i nā nūpepa a me nā puke mai ka honua hoʻoholoʻokoʻa.

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ChatGPT i Te Reo Māori

Ko ChatGPT he whakamahi e whakaputa ana i te tuhinga e pā ana ki ngā tikanga o te tangata mā te pānui i ngā rauemi i te whānui o te ipurangi.

Insights

ChatGPT: Who Has Time for That?

If you're looking for a tool that can write and translate for you, ChatGPT is your guy. But let's be real, who has time for that? This article is part of a series on ChatGPT.

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ChatGPT As a Powerful Tool

To truly appreciate the greatness of ChatGPT as a tool for writing and translation, one must explore the different versions of this article, which have been rewritten by ChatGPT in a cosmic and optimistic style, as well as versions in Te Reo Māori and Hawaiian.

Kingi's Newsletter

Kingi's Newsletter #19

In today's newsletter I look at international travel options under COVID-19, crypo-currency adoption, and what jobs our kids and grand-kids might need in the future.

Insights

Rapid Growth of Decentralised Finance DeFi

Checked my portfolio this morning and Ethereum jumped in value. According to Coinbase, this is because the universe of crypto-based lending, saving, and trading apps known as Decentralised Finance or DeFi has been growing tremendously.

Insights

Tracking Ethereum & NFT's

Really impressed with the business and collectibles innovation around Non Fungible Tokens (NFT's). NFTs are exploding on the crypto market.

Insights

Water Crisis & Water Tanks

As part of our shift to avert the Auckland water crisis, have taken two affirmative steps. 1. Installed water tanks. 2. Purchased the domain watercrisis.nz and started ideation on connection points/planning document.

Insights

COVID19 Plan: Grow a Garden

Really enjoyed building our garden end of March. Have a couple of time-lapse videos to share. We now eat carrots, spinach, bok-choy and save $300 to $600 per month.

Insights

September & October Travels

Here are some photos I took during September and October 2019. Had a quick visit to Mauna Kea, Hawai'i and shooting in Kaiteriteri, New Zealand.

Māori

History of the Māori Electorates

Here's the history of how the Māori electorates were established. When the New Zealand Constitution Act was passed in 1852, it established the Parliamentary system. Those eligible to vote and to be voted for

Māori

An Uncivil Government Meets Kapu Aloha

A tri-cultural perspective about the State of Hawaii and TMT construction opponents on Mauna Kea. Old establishment structures meet tech savvy, connected native communities. Why uncivil bullies always lose and smart, warm people always win.

Insights

Venture Spotlight: 28 June 19

I like supporting indie hackers. Here's a couple of awesome projects that independent coders/designers are making. If you like them, show your support by sharing on your social media, subscribing to the author and trying out their free plans.

Insights

Ignite Your Innovation & Creativity

Without creativity, innovation might just suck - since creativity plays such a major role in the process of innovation we can learn from other industries about innovation. Here are three things to foster innovation in your projects.

Imagine

Episode 1: Matariki

Exploring the stars of Matariki through the stories of Koro (Grand-Dad) and Nanny (Grand-Ma). What do the stars of Matariki mean? Why do we acknowledge Matariki?

Ventures

Navigator

Navigator is an on-demand video delivery service focussing on native films only, the content can be viewed at anytime by anyone with a smartphone or computer.

Art

Riuwaka Resurgence

Working on a video project about the ancient Polynesian navigator-explorer 'Hui Te Rangiora' and had the pleasure to visit this wonderful hidden off the trail spot.

Insights

Zoom's Next Direction

What is the value of international politics to a husband, father of two young girls, self-employed professional?

Insights

How to Be an Effective Learner

What to integrate and what not to integrate? I view technology from a growth & marketing perspective (as well as nuts and bolts). Here's some learning's.

Development

Amplify or Firebase?

Started researching Amazon Web Services Amplify, I got the feeling Google Firebase was reaching its limits.

Insights

Future Thought: A.I Marketplace

In the future, we'll pay for what we get when it comes to artificial intelligence. Reading this interesting article from a group of leading artificial intelligence researchers.

Welcome, Kia Ora, Aloha!

I'm Kingi Gilbert - entrepreneur, technology integrator and digital producer. I consult to businesses in New York, France, Hawaii and New Zealand.

Insights

Crowdsourcing with TripAdvisor

This analysis was completed for an assignment as part of a Wharton Executive Education paper I am completing. It discusses the pros and cons of a crowdsourcing business model.

Ventures

Haka the Legend Ltd

Haka the Legend is a New Zealand Māori culture performing arts and experience company established in 1993.

Ventures

Zoom.sx

Zoom at its root is about finding answers, or trying to find out answers to questions people are wondering about.

Ventures

Hoe Toa

Hoe Toa is a lifestyle magazine dedicated to the art and sport of paddling .Sharing insights, tips and tricks for a competitive edge. Est. 21 April 2011.