José Ángel Núñez Chaves is a Costa Rican author, engineer, and thinker who has spent years contemplating the intricate connections between intelligence, consciousness, and the unfolding of reality through time. His journey began in the realm of high technology—volunteering at Intel’s Innovation Center in Costa Rica—where early conversations about artificial consciousness planted the seeds of a lifelong inquiry into the nature of mind, time, and meaning.
A devoted father of three, José’s personal experiences, particularly the births of his children, brought him into close contact with profound questions of purpose, transience, and transcendence. These intimate moments of “gazing at their little eyes full of future” became milestones in his exploration of what it means to consciously shape reality.
The emergence of generative artificial intelligence in 2022 reignited his earlier reflections and became a turning point in developing the conceptual foundation for his book. In The Dance of the Geniuses, José introduces the concept of Natural Conscious Intelligence (NCI)—a fusion of natural intelligence and natural consciousness—as the engine of reality’s continuous creation. He offers models for understanding how both biological and artificial systems process past experiences to define and collapse future possibilities.
José’s work bridges technical insight with philosophical depth, inviting readers to reconsider time not as a passive backdrop but as a dynamic field shaped by intelligent intervention. Through accessible metaphors like the “Mountain Tractor” and structured models like the “NCI Time Model of the Present,” he makes complex concepts both relatable and actionable.