Leverage

Parallels

ops > mgmt

AI and the Internet are different phenomena.

• The internet increased the leverage of computers by connecting them to other computers. Amplifies things that benefit from wider distribution. Network effects.

• LLMs are stateless calculators (computers). Amplifies things that have a lot of computational complexity. Quick and Reliable decision making.

Dams for rice fields!

And the uncredited bioweapon

AI adoption and capabilities are distributed bimodally across industries.

Writing-heavy professions like writing, law, software are feeling it first. It doesn't feel that way because other industries are still untouched. That may continue for long or it might not.

It's always calmest before the storm

Technological change is only possible with societal (behavioral) change

To use databases, you need to be able to think about your data in a structured way. The people who could do that gained most of the leverage from using databases. The folks who made it easy for people to transition to databases (ERPs and Co) captured the rest.

AI systems are fundamentally scalable decision making engines. And data is the oil required to power it. If you want to properly leverage AI, you need to make sure you're fueling it with the best refined data.

Otherwise, you're no different than the drunk trying to reliably operate complex machinery. The only repeatable part of that is injury.