AI and Innovation

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What happens when companies use AI to detach work from expertise instead of expanding what expertise can do?

20 hrs ago • Yetvart Artinyan

The Dark S(AI)de of Innovation Automation

AI can generate ideas. It cannot make weak opportunities worth pursuing.

Jul 21 • Yetvart Artinyan

When Prediction Gets Cheap, Judgment Becomes the Job

The new bottleneck is not development

Jul 16 • Yetvart Artinyan

Synthetic Users Are Useful. Synthetic Customers Are the Problem.

I was pitched the same idea three times in twelve months.

Jul 7 • Yetvart Artinyan

The Customer Service Bot Is Not the Future If It Cannot Admit Failure

I chatted with a company chatbot today because of a simple customer question.

Jul 2 • Yetvart Artinyan

AI Makes Prediction Cheap. Commitment Still Costs.

I keep noticing the same confusion in discussions about AI and innovation.

Jun 30 • Yetvart Artinyan

The AI Model Is Ready When the Next Dollar Has to Prove Itself

Improving a model is almost always possible.

Jun 25 • Yetvart Artinyan

Innovation Automation Is Here. Now Sponsors Must Raise the Evidence Standard.

The easiest story about AI and innovation is already everywhere.

Jun 23 • Yetvart Artinyan

The Technology Is Not the Hard Part. The System Change Is.

Why established organizations keep adopting new technology without changing anything that matters.

Jun 18 • Yetvart Artinyan

AI Agents Will Not Just Execute Work. They Will Rewire Accountability.

I have been spending time lately with AI agents.

Jun 11 • Yetvart Artinyan

AI Is Not a Productivity Tool. It Is a Strategy Test.

I read a lot. Books, reports, research papers, economic analyses - anything I can find on what AI is actually doing to organizations, labor markets, and…

Jun 9 • Yetvart Artinyan

Why Jobs to Be Done Matters More in the Age of AI

AI is making one part of innovation easier and cheaper at scale: functional jobs. That changes what the other parts are worth.

Jun 4 • Yetvart Artinyan

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