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The Man Who Believed the Lie
Nolan's Odyssey sends Odysseus to Hades to face Sinon, the man who believed the lie. On plans that only work because someone was kept out of the room.
Read the story →Still Your Lawn
HBR's warning to every company that bought its AI: when it fails, courts come after you, not the vendor. You can contract the labor. You cannot contract the ownership.
Read the story →Nobody Can Swim Your Mile
AI firms hiring $400K philosophers makes headlines. The quieter story: ethics as a line item, commoditized and offshored. Some things you cannot hire out.
Read the story →Rewired, Ungrounded
McKinsey's case for rewiring the organization around AI is strong. Five of six elements about speed, zero about conscience. Where is the breaker panel?
Read the story →Flood Watch
Torrential rain, Texas Flood on the speakers, and a law firm's warning about AI agents: water does not ask permission, it finds the gap.
Read the story →The Ink Wasn't Dry
Three days after the maker's mark post, Brussels moved the date. On string lines, concrete, and what a moved deadline teaches.
Read the story →Measure Twice, Deploy Once
Two AI governance surveys, one pergola, and why you set the posts before you hang the roof.
Read the story →The Maker's Mark
Brussels wants machines to stamp their work. Makers have been doing it for centuries, and for a different reason.
Read the story →The Biggest Room in the World
Forty experts in Geneva, a warning about catastrophic harm, and the chairs that were not in the room.
Read the story →So There I Was, Starting a Blog
Why this blog exists, what kinds of stories you will find here, and the one rule every post follows.
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