Why the deterministic rules companies write to govern AI agents are a point-in-time fix, and what Kevin Williams expects to replace them.
The Bot Sitter Problem: Why Your Human in the Loop Can’t See the Loop
Kevin Williams on why human reviewers in agentic AI workflows see too little to add real control, and what that means for leaders automating work.
Fix the Business Before You Automate It
Sabir Semerkant exited three brands from his AI program for automating too early. Why AI scales bad processes and how to build checks first.
The Person Who Programs the Agent Decides How Good It Is
Why the person who programs an AI agent decides its quality, and how leaders can find taste in their teams before automating roles.
The Skill That Made Good Managers Makes Good AI Builders
AI developer Vlad Larin argues the skill that made good developers and managers is the same one that separates quality AI building from vibe coding.
Is the Cost Apocalypse Already Over?
Kevin Williams on why AI token costs may be self-correcting: Luna 6 landed 40x cheaper than Fable with computer controls, and it did a week of marketing work in four hours.
The Slope Is the Story, Not the 10%
An Anthropic researcher put a 10% chance on AI ending humanity. The more useful question for business leaders is the slope of recursive self-improvement.
Your Team Automated the Wrong Thing And LinkedIn Just Built a Button to Prove It
What the Numbers Are Actually Telling You LinkedIn now has a complaint button for AI-generated content. Users see a post, decide it’s slop, click the button, and a negative signal goes straight back to the algorithm. One click. No friction. That button didn’t appear out of nowhere. It appeared because the platform had no choice. […]
Your Team Is Using AI All Day. So Why Isn’t the Business Growing?
The Uncomfortable Gap Between AI Efficiency and Actual Growth Here’s something I keep running into with the business owners and senior leaders I work with: their teams are using AI. Genuinely using it not just dabbling. They’re clearing backlogs, tightening operations, replacing tools, building internal workflows that would have taken months before. By every visible […]
Anthropic Picked the Wrong Name. Here’s What Claude Code Actually Does.
When Anthropic named their agentic tool Claude Code, they made a decision that cost every non-developer one of the most powerful productivity applications available right now. The name did exactly what bad names do: it told a large portion of the people who would benefit most from the tool that it wasn’t built for them. […]
