About
JP Pulcini
JP Pulcini is an award-winning author, technology leader, and MBA in Artificial Intelligence whose work explores the intersection of artificial intelligence, consciousness, and human identity. With more than three decades of experience in the technology industry, he examines how emerging technologies challenge our understanding of thought, awareness, and what it means to be human.
His debut book, I Am; Therefore I Think: Consciousness and Humanity in the Age of AI, brings together philosophy, neuroscience, and artificial intelligence to explore the evolving relationship between human consciousness and intelligent machines. In 2026, the International Impact Book Awards named Pulcini Author of the Year. The book has also received recognition from Literary Titan, including the Gold Book Award, and IndieReader Approved.
Drawing on a career spanning technology leadership, project management, and AI transformation, Pulcini writes about the philosophical, ethical, and societal implications of artificial intelligence and the future of human intelligence.
Next book · Amoral Code · Coming in 2027
Founder · What Is Essential
The book asks what makes us human. The movement asks how we protect it.
What Is Essential is the human-centered AI movement I founded in 2026. Not anti-AI. Anti-abdication. It starts with a Mission and eleven essentials, and a monthly newsletter that takes them one at a time.
October 10, 2026 · International Impact Book Awards
Author of the Year
A debut book about what makes us human, honored on its first year out. My acceptance speech was about one word, the same one the book ends on: humility.
Speaking
Talks for conferences, podcasts and teams
Intelligence is not consciousness
What AI can do, what it can’t, and why the difference matters.
The danger of moral outsourcing
Keeping accountable people behind consequential decisions.
AI where failure isn’t an option
Lessons from utilities and critical infrastructure.
The eleven essentials
A practical framework for human-centered AI.
Press kit
Everything a host or editor needs
Interviews
Literary Titan · The Question That Changes Everything IndieReader · Advice from IR Approved Author JP PulciniShort bio
JP Pulcini is an award-winning author, technology leader, and MBA in Artificial Intelligence whose work explores the intersection of artificial intelligence, consciousness, and human identity. With more than three decades of experience in the technology industry, he examines how emerging technologies challenge our understanding of thought, awareness, and what it means to be human.
Contact
Interviews, events, bookstores, or just a good question.
I read everything that comes through here. Bookstores interested in stocking the book are welcome too.
Or email jp@iamthereforeithink.info