From Blanket LLM Access to Specific AI Services (SAIS)
LLM access alone does not create organizational value. The next phase of AI adoption will focus on Specific AI Services (SAIS)
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Consensus Is Not Truth: The Iconic Landmark Problem in Research and Everyday Prompts
What's been published or said most often is not necessarily what's accurate or complete. Mistaking "most common" for "true" is becoming a real problem.
AI Rewards Thinkers, Widens the Gap for Followers
AI does not help everyone equally. It disproportionately amplifies people who already learn by pattern recognition, curiosity, and first principles.
In Optimization, LLM Translates. Humans Define.
If you give AI a well-written operations research problem, it will produce the mathematical formulation instantly, which is impressive. But who decided what the problem actually is?
Probability Doesn’t Make Decisions, Policies Do
Probability isn’t a crystal ball. It’s a data-driven tool for designing policies under uncertainty, not for justifying one-off decisions. Context matters, and repetition is where it proves its value.
When Reality Is Forced to Fit the Model
Models are tools, not masters. If reality doesn’t fit your framework, refine the framework. Never simplify your understanding just because the diagram can’t handle it.