Mikael Alemu Gorsky
Mikael Alemu Gorsky is an educator and researcher, and the author of two programs: Agentic Software Engineering, on building software with AI agents, and Building Cognified Systems, on building software that thinks.
He teaches at the Holon Institute of Technology, near Tel Aviv, where Agentic Software Engineering runs as a graded course. He is an educator and researcher.
Nine published works, 100+ citations. A 350-page textbook under contract with a major academic publisher.
Teaching and programs
Agentic Software Engineering — program, preprint and textbook
The discipline of structured, auditable human-agent workflows for building software. The human frames, specifies and judges. The agent executes. Nineteen modules in four parts, built on a running project called Tribunal, a web application in which agents argue opposing sides of a case and a judge agent decides. Taught for credit at the Holon Institute of Technology.
Agentic Software Engineering curriculum
Building Cognified Systems — program, paper and book in writing
How to build systems that hold a language model as a working component, and treat that component as what it is: stochastic, slow and metered. Fourteen modules in four parts, about seventy hours. The running project is the Observatory, a news agency that watches sources, selects what matters and publishes on a cadence.
Research and analytics
Publications — journals and proceedings
Nine works, 100+ citations. Research on artificial intelligence in education, with Ilya Levin and Alexei Semenov.
- Artificial Intelligence as Game Changer in Cybersecurity: What We Learned in 2025-2026, and how this is relevant for Africa — Preprint, June 2026. By Mikael Alemu Gorsky. arXiv.
- ASE-26: a curriculum for agentic software engineering as a discipline — Preprint, May 2026. By Mikael Gorsky. arXiv.
- Cognifying Education: Mapping AI's transformative role in emotional, creative, and collaborative learning — Conference Paper, September 2025. By Mikael Gorsky, Ilya Levin. 13th Higher Education Institutions Conference.
- Papert's Vision Realized: Constructionism and Generative AI — Article, June 2025. By Ilya Levin, Alexei Semenov, Mikael Gorsky. Constructionism Conference Proceedings.
- Smart Learning in the 21st Century: Advancing Constructionism Across Three Digital Epochs — Preprint, January 2025. By Ilya Levin, Alexei Semenov, Mikael Gorsky. arXiv.
The AI Pravda — LinkedIn newsletter
Critical analysis of artificial intelligence and its effect on work and society. 5,500+ subscribers. The complete archive of 103 issues (2023–2026) is published in full at mgorsky.net/theaipravda.
Pro bono
AI for seniors — free workshop
Helping older adults use everyday AI tools. Delivered to Russian-speaking communities in Israel.
For older adults, artificial intelligence is about preserving quality of life, maintaining autonomy, and sustaining the feeling of independence that defines dignified aging. For seniors who have emigrated, AI becomes a bridge: it can translate documents, explain official letters, help compose emails in the local language, and guide users through government websites. The workshop has been delivered to Russian-speaking communities in Israel, where participants — many of them in their 70s and 80s — discovered that AI could help them read Hebrew documents and communicate with Israeli institutions.
Startup competitions — unpaid time
Judging and mentoring early-stage ventures. Helping teams clarify their value proposition, assess technical feasibility, and prepare for the realities of scaling an AI product.
AC/VC LinkedIn group — community
A group for developers and students working with coding agents. The community shares practical insights, code examples, tool comparisons, and honest assessments of what works in production.
Recent
- 31 May 2026 — Agentic Software Engineering preprint on arXiv
- 2026 — paper accepted, Higher Education Institutions Conference