Field notes on the consequences of AI: for the network, the security team, the data center and the people who answer for it. The questions worth asking before they’re obvious, with the evidence and our view.
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Boards say they can’t see whether AI is paying off. The fix isn’t a better dashboard. It’s a different person holding the pen, and ten questions they should ask before the next renewal.
Score any AI tool, pilot or agent in 45 minutes, before you renew it, scale it or report it to the board. 12 pages.
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It’s the cart that just learned to choose its own route. Our line: if nobody on the floor can explain why an AI-guided machine did something, it doesn’t run again until someone can.
Evidence: TCS Physical AI Readiness Report 2026, 300 manufacturers (44% unclear or no accountability for failures) · diginomica
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South Korea is putting roughly $1B into physical AI for manufacturing. When AI leaves the laptop, the failure modes are network, safety and who is allowed to stop the line.
Evidence: Seoul Economic Daily, Korea MSIT physical-AI program (1.4131T won, 2026–2030)