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Essays and analysis on what AI is doing to organisations, their judgement, their governance, and their decision-making.

700 AI Statements, 2 Measured Outcomes: A Review of Corporate Disclosure

8 June 2026

700 AI Statements, 2 Measured Outcomes: A Review of Corporate Disclosure

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Recursive self-improvement: are the new billion-dollar AI labs building something beyond the capacity of businesses?

28 May 2026

Recursive self-improvement: are the new billion-dollar AI labs building something beyond the capacity of businesses?

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Has the Board Read the System Prompt? The hidden instruction shaping what enterprise AI will answer, refuse, soften and omit

19 May 2026

Has the Board Read the System Prompt? The hidden instruction shaping what enterprise AI will answer, refuse, soften and omit

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The AI Reconstruction Illusion: Generation is an event, not an object

10 March 2026

The AI Reconstruction Illusion: Generation is an event, not an object

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Model Volatility: When the tool changes without telling you

1 March 2026

Model Volatility: When the tool changes without telling you

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Brittlement: The erosion of human capacity through routine offloading

1 March 2026

Brittlement: The erosion of human capacity through routine offloading

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Residual Logic: Why the First Move Determines the Game

17 February 2026

Residual Logic: Why the First Move Determines the Game

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The Signature Fiction: Liability and the AI-drafted document

11 February 2026

The Signature Fiction: Liability and the AI-drafted document

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Human Middleware: The cost of making AI usable, and how long it will be paid

3 February 2026

Human Middleware: The cost of making AI usable, and how long it will be paid

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Gravity of the Generic: Why Distinctiveness is Now a Cost

1 February 2026

Gravity of the Generic: Why Distinctiveness is Now a Cost

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AI is a One-Player Game: Why LLM capability refuses to scale

1 January 2026

AI is a One-Player Game: Why LLM capability refuses to scale

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You Cannot Negotiate with Code: Why physics, not policies, will govern AI

15 December 2025

You Cannot Negotiate with Code: Why physics, not policies, will govern AI

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Tesla's Three-Year Window: Build a Robot That Works or Become Detroit

23 November 2025

Tesla's Three-Year Window: Build a Robot That Works or Become Detroit

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This Looks LLM-Shaped: When 150 SEC filings shift in ways researchers associate with AI in writing

28 October 2025

This Looks LLM-Shaped: When 150 SEC filings shift in ways researchers associate with AI in writing

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AI and the Instruction Delusion: Why it's not a machine to command, but a mirror to understand

27 October 2025

AI and the Instruction Delusion: Why it's not a machine to command, but a mirror to understand

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AI's Single-Path Illusion: Where strategy disappears

24 October 2025

AI's Single-Path Illusion: Where strategy disappears

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AI isn't just replacing human roles; it's revealing how systematically we've undervalued them

26 July 2025

AI isn't just replacing human roles; it's revealing how systematically we've undervalued them

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Bill Gates Warns AI Will Take Most Jobs

30 March 2025

Bill Gates Warns AI Will Take Most Jobs

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