The guardrails are falling behind. AI tools can't summarize news accurately, hackers breach nuclear facilities. The capability-control gap widens.
Jensen Huang and Marc Benioff say AI agents will transform work overnight. The same promises were made about RPA in 2018 and then 50% of implementations failed.
I put in the work. It just didn't always lead where I thought it would.
While competitors debug their latest tech stack, you are serving customers. Sometimes the most strategic decision is choosing boring technology.
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Leaders spend their lives extracting value from everything. But some things aren't meant to be useful; they're meant to be experienced.
Companies poured $109B into AI in 2024, yet productivity stats haven't moved. Is this an infrastructure build-out or a sophisticated bubble?
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Most companies are building AI strategies identical to their competitors. Finding your unique approach matters more than following best practices.
This week's stories show both the promise and the problems as tech giants fight for compute dominance while dealing with privacy questions and regulation.
I spent weeks planning one sunset photo in Big Bend. It reminded me why preparation beats reaction every time.
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Tech's "move fast and break things" culture hit a wall this week
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