Robbie Allen·May 22AI Isn’t a Vending Machine. It’s a Sparring Partner.One of the best descriptions I’ve heard of using AI came from someone at a retail company.
Robbie Allen·May 21The Best AI Champions Aren’t the EngineersMet with someone last week who got picked as one of her company’s AI champions and was completely confused about why.
Robbie Allen·May 20The Capability Curve Is Exponential. The Adoption Curve Isn't.If every AI lab paused innovation tomorrow, most companies would still have 5–7 years of work just absorbing what already exists.
Robbie Allen·May 19AI Doesn’t Understand a CarwashLately, I start every AI training session I give with the same concept. It’s called the car wash problem with current LLMs.
Robbie Allen·May 18AI Exposes Inefficiency Before It Fixes AnythingA doctor told me something last week that stuck with me: ‘AI isn’t going to replace us. It’s going to show everyone how inefficient we’ve…
Robbie Allen·May 14When AI Productivity Goes Company-WideA few weeks ago I knocked out what would have been a full week of work in a single day. It wasn’t a fluke. That kind of compression keeps…
Robbie Allen·May 13AI Doesn’t Just Automate Work. It Reveals More of It.Since August 2022, I’ve been on an rollercoaster about AI and jobs.
Robbie Allen·May 12The Billable Hour Doesn’t Survive AII had a slightly awkward conversation with an accounting firm partner last week.
Robbie Allen·May 11Don’t Import the Org Chart Into Your AI StackI spent a weekend a few months back building out a “company of agents.” A CMO agent. A CFO agent. A CTO agent. A COO agent. Each one had…
