#automation-history

#automation-history

A robot's claw hurtles toward a light bulb on a table. I wince, waiting for the crunch. But suddenly the claw decelerates. It starts gingerly pawing around the table, as if searching for its glasses on the nightstand.

AI coding tools have changed the conversations. We're going to see and really already see AI take care of a lot of that for the non-professional software engineers and in many ways for the professional software engineers.

Confidence in a specific vision of the future is the foundation for long-term investment. You purchase a 30-year bond when you believe in the solvency of the issuer.

"When steam engines made coal more efficient, Britain didn't burn less coal, it burned more. The same pattern is happening for cheaper legal services, consulting services and financial services."

We're investing a lot in AI - we're doing a lot, but we're stopping at individual productivity. We're not taking the next step. You can't just screw AI on everything - it only makes you faster. It means you need to think about, 'how are our teams collaborating? How are people collaborating?' You probably need to change the way you work.