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October 23, 2026

Capability Is Not Authority

AI capability does not create decision authority. As organizations embed AI deeper into workflows, governance must define who owns the decision, what role AI is permitted to play, and whether meaningful human judgment, challenge, evidence, and accountability remain intact.

Decision Governance

October 20, 2026

Governed Optimism

Optimism about artificial intelligence does not require ignoring risk. Governed optimism means pursuing AI’s potential while preserving human judgment, authority, accountability, and alignment.

Decision Governance

October 16, 2026

AI Governance Begins Before the Model Is Built

AI governance often begins too late. The ROSS Intelligence decision shows why organizations must examine what they were authorized to build, using which information, for what purpose, and under whose authority.

Decision Governance

October 13, 2026

We Do Not Need Superintelligence

Extraordinary AI performance does not establish generalized intellectual superiority. Calling current systems “superintelligent” collapses important distinctions between capability, intelligence, judgment, and authority.

AI & Cognition

October 9, 2026

The Provenance of an Idea

As generative AI makes polished language and rapid synthesis increasingly easy, authorship becomes harder to judge from words alone. The more important question is intellectual provenance.

AI & Cognition

October 6, 2026

Words Matter: Revisiting “Artificial Intelligence”

As AI systems become more sophisticated, increasingly ambitious labels can blur the distinction between impressive performance and genuine understanding.

AI & Cognition

October 23, 2026

Capability Is Not Authority

Decision Governance

October 20, 2026

Governed Optimism

Optimism about artificial intelligence does not require ignoring risk. Governed optimism means pursuing AI’s potential while preserving human judgment, authority, accountability, and alignment.

Decision Governance

October 16, 2026

AI Governance Begins Before the Model Is Built

Decision Governance

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September 11, 2026

The Future of AI Governance Is Not Governing AI

Meaningful governance focuses less on the technology itself and more on decisions, authority, accountability, and institutional structure.

Decision Governance

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September 8, 2026

Efficiency Is Not Governance

What organizations choose to optimize can quietly acquire authority over values and judgments that are harder to measure.

Decision Governance

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September 4, 2026

Oversight Is Not Accountability

Review structures can distribute oversight across systems and committees while leaving actual decision ownership unclear.

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AI-assisted website design and human judgment

October 2, 2026

AI Still Cannot Build a Website Alone

AI can accelerate execution dramatically, but human judgment remains necessary to define the goal, evaluate the result, recognize failure, and determine when the work is good enough.

Human Judgment

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September 18, 2026

AI Literacy Without Reasoning Literacy Is Dangerous

AI literacy is not enough if people cannot evaluate, challenge, and reason through the outputs AI produces.

Human Judgment

September 15, 2026

The Myth of the Unbiased Machine

Artificial intelligence may reduce some forms of inconsistency, but its outputs still reflect human choices and assumptions.

Human Judgment

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August 21, 2026

When Plausibility Becomes Prediction

Credible technologies can lend unearned authority to speculative claims when evidence and possibility are presented as one narrative.

Human Judgment

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August 19, 2026

A Scenario Is Not a Roadmap

Scenario planning supports preparedness only when leaders preserve the difference between possible futures and expected outcomes.

Human Judgment

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July 28, 2026

When Knowledge Outpaces Memory

As AI accelerates knowledge production, intellectual traceability may matter more than perfect recall or rigid consistency.

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October 13, 2026

We Do Not Need Superintelligence

Extraordinary AI performance does not establish generalized intellectual superiority. The language used to describe AI shapes expectations, deference, and governance.

AI & Cognition

October 9, 2026

The Provenance of an Idea

As generative AI makes polished language and rapid synthesis increasingly easy, authorship becomes harder to judge from words alone.

AI & Cognition

October 6, 2026

Words Matter: Revisiting “Artificial Intelligence”

Increasingly ambitious labels can blur the distinction between impressive performance and genuine understanding.

AI & Cognition

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September 22, 2026

Intelligence Is Not Consciousness

Artificial intelligence increasingly receives language once reserved for human cognition, even when the underlying capacities remain fundamentally different.

AI & Cognition

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December 5, 2025

Should AI Be Used to Compensate for What We Are Not Good At?

Reducing cognitive friction can accelerate learning while quietly weakening the skills that effort was meant to build.

AI & Cognition

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December 2, 2025

Asking “What If…” in the Age of AI

Imagination remains a distinctly human advantage even as artificial intelligence expands the boundaries of what we can create.

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Organizational governance and trust in artificial intelligence

July 24, 2026

Responsible AI Is the Practice; Trustworthy AI Is the Outcome

Responsible AI describes organizational conduct, while trustworthy AI must be demonstrated through evidence, performance, and justified confidence.

Organizational Alignment

Organizational policy and operational practice

June 5, 2026

The Gap Between What the Policy Says and What Actually Happens

AI governance is measured by what happens in actual workflows, where policy, employee behavior, operational pressure, and technology can quietly move out of alignment.

Organizational Alignment

Continuous learning and organizational AI adoption

January 27, 2026

Learning Never Stops, and That Is Why AI Adoption Is So Hard

Sustainable AI adoption depends on continuous learning, shared understanding, and organizational alignment long after implementation.

Organizational Alignment

January 23, 2026

Frameworks Are Coming, But Alignment Is Still Missing

AI governance frameworks cannot create durable control without alignment across leadership, operations, authority, and accountability.

Organizational Alignment

November 15, 2024

Encouraging AI Adoption Requires More than Mandates

Successful AI adoption begins with understanding how people actually work rather than assuming compliance is the same as meaningful integration.

Organizational Alignment

CEO at the center of connected departments

May 17, 2024

CEO's: Aligning AI with Company Culture and Values

Effective AI strategy requires executive leadership, cross-functional alignment, and a clear connection between technology, culture, ethics, workforce, and purpose.

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July 10, 2026

Is AI Repeating an Older Economic Pattern?

History suggests technological progress can create substantial value while distributing its benefits unevenly.

AI & Society

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July 14, 2026

When the AI Marketplace Overwhelms Discernment

As AI products multiply faster than organizations can evaluate them, discernment becomes essential for separating value from novelty and unmanaged exposure.

AI & Society

December 12, 2025

Using AI to Expand, Not Eliminate

The most durable value of AI comes from expanding human capacity, returning time, and strengthening creativity and collaboration.

AI & Society

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December 9, 2025

The Death of Authenticity in the Age of AI

Synthetic realism is forcing society to reconsider consent, credibility, truth, and what it means for communication to remain authentically human.

AI & Society

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April 11, 2025

Will AI Really Take All the Jobs? A Parent’s Perspective

The future of work depends less on whether AI eliminates jobs and more on how human creativity, judgment, craftsmanship, connection, and adaptability evolve alongside it.

AI & Society

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May 28, 2024

The Consequences of AI on Web Searches and Social Media

AI is reshaping how information is discovered, trusted, and distributed as direct answers and algorithmic curation increasingly replace traditional search.

AI & Society

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