When the music stops: what years of failed IT projects taught me about the AI bubble
I’ve watched billions burn on government IT projects that promised revolution and delivered chaos. When executives defend AI valuations using the same rhetoric vendors used to sell Universal Credit, I recognise the pattern. The infrastructure is real. The technology is revolutionary. This time it’s different. Except it never is.
The app tax: how digital exclusion creates a poverty premium
One million UK households cancelled broadband they couldn’t afford. Now McDonald’s, supermarkets and essential services charge more to people without apps. This is structural digital exclusion.
The question nobody’s asking: should we be doing this at all?
We keep building AI systems without asking if we should. After 40 years in digital transformation, I’ve seen what happens when moral questions get parked.
The AI excuse: how tech spending became the perfect cover for cutting costs
Tech companies blame AI for layoffs, but the real culprit is reckless overspending on infrastructure. Why this pattern matters for everyone, not just tech workers.
The AI con: how politicians sell Silicon Valley hype whilst public expertise crumbles
Scientists challenge von der Leyen’s AI claims as leaders from Brussels to Westminster bet public services on marketing hype rather than evidence. What’s being lost whilst billions flow to private contractors?
Workplace disengagement and AI: The cruel irony of building systems that diminish everyone
A Perkonomics report reveals that whilst 69% of employers think AI is improving employee experience, only 38% of workers feel more valued by it. With workplace disengagement at high levels, is it any wonder the systems make users feel the same?