The human author
Antonio
Pagano.
AI strategist. Author. International educator. UCLA Extension faculty member. A human who believes intelligent machines become most valuable when judgment remains unmistakably human.
The short biography
Antonio Pagano works at the intersection of artificial intelligence, business, marketing, education, and human judgment.
His cross-disciplinary career spans marketing, law, higher education, emerging technology, and business transformation. He teaches professionals how to move beyond isolated AI experiments and build practical, responsible ways of working with intelligent systems.
Why write Dangerous With AI?
Antonio wrote the original Hi, AI! when generative AI still felt new. The world changed quickly. Models became more capable, multimodal, connected, and agentic. The new book is a substantial reinvention for that AI-first reality.
Its central belief remains intact: artificial intelligence does not replace human ingenuity; it amplifies it. The new argument is more demanding. Amplification scales creativity and productivity, but also carelessness, bias, overconfidence, and poor judgment. Capability and responsibility have to grow together.
Teaching artificial intelligence at UCLA Extension
Antonio’s UCLA Extension teaching connects AI concepts to professional implementation. His current work includes two public marketing courses and a four-module custom aerospace program focused on safety-critical environments.
The role of Claudio
Antonio created Claudio as a fictional AI narrator and intellectual opponent. Their conversations let the book demonstrate the kind of collaboration it recommends: curious, productive, skeptical, occasionally funny, and willing to leave disagreement intact.
Claudio carries the machine’s perspective. Antonio carries the consequences. That division is central to the book’s view of responsible AI.