Between Thought and the Screen
AI can shape what we read and what we create. What would it take to make that intelligence work on our terms?
Read essayAbout the authorMarcin
Marcin
Deręgowski
Marcin Deręgowski is a Polish entrepreneur, traveler and advocate for new technologies. He has co-founded several companies, including Artefakt, Casbeg and Viscato. His experience spans marketing, sales and team management. He combines a practical understanding of AI with hands-on business experience, connecting the possibilities of new technologies with the day-to-day challenges of running a company.
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He started his first business in 1995 and built his first website in 1996. He began working in SEO in 2000 and founded Artefakt in 2005, going on to sell the digital marketing agency in 2013. His other ventures include Casbeg, which helps businesses develop their sales and marketing, and Viscato, a studio producing 3D visualizations and animation.
Alongside building businesses, Marcin has shared his experience as a speaker and mentor. In 2021, he joined the Business Individual Study Programme (BIPS) at Wroclaw University of Economics and Business as a mentor, supporting aspiring entrepreneurs in business strategy, marketing, sales and building companies from the ground up.
He began exploring AI in 2022, before ChatGPT was released to the public. His recent writing explores how people use AI to think, work and make decisions. On LinkedIn, he has discussed AI in management and recruitment, as well as the distinction between delegating thinking to a tool and using it to question and develop ideas.
Travel has been part of his life since 2014. He has traveled through India, photographing local religious festivals away from the tourist trail, including celebrations honoring the goddess Kali. He has dived on six continents. In 2025, he took part in a scientific expedition to Antarctica that included diving.
For The Next Convergence, he brings that practical experience to a broader question: how will AI change the way we work, create and live?
Milestones
- 1995First business
- Started his first company.
- 1996First website
- Began working with the internet and built his first website, Infonet. Internet Archive
- 2000Getting started in SEO
- Began working in search engine optimization.
- 2005Founding Artefakt
- Founded the digital marketing agency Artefakt.
- 2010Sharing knowledge
- Began sharing his professional knowledge and experience.
- 2013Artefakt sale
- Sold Artefakt, the digital marketing agency he had founded and co-owned.
- 2014A new chapter in travel
- Began his travel adventures.
- 2015Co-founding Viscato
- Co-founded the 3D visualization studio Viscato.
- 2016Co-founding Casbeg
- Co-founded Casbeg with Bartosz Majewski.
- 2021Joining BIPS as a mentor
- Joined the Business Individual Study Programme at Wroclaw University of Economics and Business as a mentor.
- 2022Getting started with AI
- Began exploring AI before ChatGPT was released to the public.
- 2025Antarctic expedition
- Took part in a scientific expedition to Antarctica that included diving.
- 2026Writing about work and AI
- Published a guide to evaluating sales compensation and job offers on PracaWSprzedazy.pl, alongside LinkedIn writing on AI, work and thinking.
Essays by Marcin
In The Next Convergence
What Happens to the Other Nine?
AI lets one person do the work of ten. I welcome the end of repetitive work, but I have no answer for the people whose jobs disappear.
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What if AI learned to create sounds from a listener's brain responses without ever hearing human music? A thought experiment about pleasure, emotion, and control.
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