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The Genie Is Out

A week ago I wrote about the risks of Death by AI, but the story evolved very quickly after that. This makes me reminiscent of my master’s thesis. Three months after it was published, it was cited in another publication. … Continue reading →

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Death by AI

We have seen this movie before, sometimes literally. A computer becomes intelligent. It realizes that humans are the problem. It takes control of something important. The humans discover what is happening somewhere around the point at which stopping it becomes … Continue reading →

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Laying Track in the Cloud: Why AI is the Railroad Mania of Our Time

Two centuries ago, the world was intoxicated by the smell of burning coal and the screech of iron wheels. It was the dawn of the railroad era. A blinding convergence of new technology and aggressive westward expansion that forged the … Continue reading →

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The Quiet Evolution: Adapting to an AI World

I’ve recently been invited to participate in a transformation initiative at work. At a large company, opportunities like this don’t come from raising your hand. They come from being tapped on the shoulder. Senior leadership looks across the organization and … Continue reading →

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Reckless Predictions for 2026

Every year serious people make serious predictions about the coming year. Every year, by February, those predictions are quietly retired, rebranded as “signals” or blamed on “unexpected headwinds”. This is not one of those serious efforts. In the spirit of … Continue reading →

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