AI doesn't just collapse the production layer of consulting. It counterfeits the surface of expert judgment — well enough that the buyer can't tell at the moment of decision. This is why retreating into judgment won't save you.
In his recent 85-minute interview with The Economist, Elon Musk laid out a future so expansive it barely fit in the room. But will that room still be there?
You don't need to understand what someone is saying. You only need to know what people usually say next. Same goes for the machine; but your AI is better at it than you are.
The next chapter of my book-in-process, The Mostly Helpful Psychopath, is now live. The Chinese Room, AI consoles my canine and existential woes, and proves to be a able replacement for an encyclopedia.
China just gave away an AI model that rivals America's best. The real danger isn't who's ahead — it's what happens when anyone can download it, reshape its worldview, and put it on a phone they sell for next to nothing.
Every time your team uses AI where the training data is thin, the output arrives fast and the tax follows: evaluating, correcting, reworking. Workday's 2026 research says 37–40% of the time AI saves gets eaten by checking its work. I think they're optimistic. Here's why.
Altman’s judgment day came and went in a single interview. Yours arrives every morning, in the thousand small calls no machine can make for you. For the leaders willing to do the thinking, it’s the real opportunity.
Your best clients can't make a decision right now, and you're misreading why. It isn't caution about budget. They're frozen, and they're waiting for the machine to hand them judgment it can't give. That's the paradox sitting under the paralysis.
