AI is an economic story: It redirects capital to compute, reshapes market power, and reconfigures labour and productivity.
-Global Economic News
The new Luddites want you to pay
If AI can deliver equally reliable service for less, customers should not be forced to keep paying for the old arrangement. The new Luddites call compulsory job preservation solidarity. Their revolutionary demand is that nobody touch their invoice. Seize the means of billing.
The Missing Layer in AI: Meaning, Discipline, and Human Use
This op-ed uses Steve Jobs’ “bicycles for the mind” to explain what AI is missing: a public interface to power, shared standards, and disciplined human use. It also situates the SLC AI Agent (VEPC, Melbourne) as a case of AI designed to support reasoning rather than generate slop.
Is AI adoption stalling? A two-speed diffusion seen through the data
AI adoption is not stalling; it is bifurcating. Capital and compute are scaling rapidly, while measurable enterprise value and productivity gains lag. Hyperscaler capex and GPU revenues confirm the installation phase is in full flight. Firm surveys show usage doubling, yet the share reporting material EBIT impact is stuck.