Author

Athichai Kotub Ounkomol

Athichai Kotub Ounkomol is a Bangkok-based writer whose work looks at the structural forces shaping technology, economics, business and society.

His first book, AI: First Lines: The Sketch Underneath the Intelligence Era (2026), is a plain-language account of how computing moved from following instructions to forming judgments under uncertainty, and of the layers underneath AI that decide who captures its value. Written from Thailand, it asks what participation in the intelligence era means for a mid-sized economy that “sits primarily at the consumption layer of the AI economy”.

He writes in a personal capacity. The views and opinions expressed are solely his own and do not represent the official views or positions of any organization with which he is or has been associated.