Tag: Artificial Intelligence
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Fear, AI, and the Architecture of Consequences
We usually think of fear as an emotion. Evolution may have understood it very differently. The more I thought about it, the less fear resembled a feeling and the more it resembled an answer. That…
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The Economics of Effort
The Wrong Question Every quarter, investors spend hours listening to the earnings calls of the world’s largest IT services companies. The questions rarely change. Utilisation, billing rates, hiring, offshore leverage, pricing discipline and revenue per…
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Intelligence Too Cheap to Meter – Part III
The problem of humanity is not technology but the use of technology ~ Norbert Wiener This essay continues the argument developed in Part I, Intelligence Too Cheap to Meter: Artificial Intelligence and the Rise of…
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Intelligence Too Cheap to Meter – Part I
The fate of our times is characterized by rationalization and intellectualization, and above all by the disenchantment of the world ~ Max Weber, Science as a Vocation Intelligence too cheap to meter. The phrase is…
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The Great Corporate AI Fart
The Great Corporate AI Fart: Smells Like Hype, Tastes Like PowerPoint Hold your noses, because the AI hype is out, and it stinks Every big firm is letting loose its own corporate AI fart Long,…
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Why AI Alone Won’t Change the World
Something’s shifting. For twenty years, the story was simple: software was eating the world. Marc Andreessen made it a headline in Software Is Eating the World, and for a while, it felt like gospel. Apps…
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From Product to ‘wow’: Building Experiences People Actually Love
Products aren’t just gadgets on shelves. They’re also the apps we open, the courses we take, the music we stream. If it solves a problem, meets a need, or adds value to someone’s life, it’s…
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When Jobs Stop Being Jobs
You can feel it already. Something is slipping. The word “job” doesn’t stretch far enough anymore. Work has never been one thing. First, it was survival. Hunt, farm, barter. Then it became a hierarchy. Apprentice,…
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Instinct: The New Human Edge in the Age of AI
AI is no longer just a tool; it’s becoming a utility. It can write, compose, analyze, and even advise. In a world where AI can handle attention, taste, and execution, the human edge is shifting.…
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The Bubble That Builds Tomorrow
This is a guest post I wrote for Beyond Human – The AI Story, a newsletter by Mohit Sharma, CEO & co-founder of PinakaAI. In it, I explore why bubbles form, what history teaches us…