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AI Should Go Fast So We Can Go Slow

AI Should Go Fast So We Can Go Slow

Two days before release, I accidentally deleted the Kindle version of my new book, Human Robot Agent. Poof. Gone. Just like that.

AI Should Go Fast So We Can Go Slow

Two days before release, I accidentally deleted the Kindle version of my new book, Human Robot Agent. Poof. Gone. Just like that.

Humans Are the Bottleneck

Humans Are the Bottleneck

People are slow, unreliable, and they dramatically overestimate their capabilities.

Humans Are the Bottleneck

People are slow, unreliable, and they dramatically overestimate their capabilities.

The Four Moats Theory™

The Four Moats Theory™

Who needs Deloitte, McKinsey, and Accenture, when you have Zed (ChatGPT), Claude, and Vera (Gemini)?

The Four Moats Theory™

Who needs Deloitte, McKinsey, and Accenture, when you have Zed (ChatGPT), Claude, and Vera (Gemini)?

AGI—Complex, Not Complicated

AGI—Complex, Not Complicated

We won’t achieve AGI just because a machine can solve the world’s most complicated puzzles or crack math problems no human can understand. We’ll have AGI when a machine can...

AGI—Complex, Not Complicated

We won’t achieve AGI just because a machine can solve the world’s most complicated puzzles or crack math problems no human can understand. We’ll have AGI when a machine can...

The Barbell Effect: Quality vs. Quantity

The Barbell Effect: Quality vs. Quantity

The Barbell Effect is pull toward the extremes—premium on one end, budget on the other.

The Barbell Effect: Quality vs. Quantity

The Barbell Effect is pull toward the extremes—premium on one end, budget on the other.

Dear Creatives, Stop Whining. Embrace the AI Revolution.

Dear Creatives, Stop Whining. Embrace the AI Re...

Leonardo da Vinci worked with a team of helpers and apprentices on many of his art pieces. Does anyone really care? The answer is a firm no.

Dear Creatives, Stop Whining. Embrace the AI Re...

Leonardo da Vinci worked with a team of helpers and apprentices on many of his art pieces. Does anyone really care? The answer is a firm no.

Jurgen Appelo

"Maintenance is how the universe curbs productive people."