Cultural differences influence how people interact with technology and shape their perceptions of AI. In Western societies, people view AI as a tool that can boost efficiency and enable them to maintain control. They prefer to manage AI systems directly, reflecting the individualism of Western cultures, in which individuals shape their environments rather than adapt to them.

Artificial intelligence (AI) has penetrated nearly every aspect of our digital lives, from personalized recommendations on ecommerce platforms to complex systems for healthcare and finance.

The value in agentic AI depends on more than the agents alone. The organizations that use this technology to thrive will be the ones that fundamentally reimagine four core components of the business: the product, the work, the financial model, and the governance required to operationalize all of it. Committing to this next level of transformation and building new models for human-agent collaboration is the key to unleashing the agentic enterprise.

The difference between expectations and preparedness in agentic AI adoption illustrates a growing imperative for transformation. Deloitte’s latest survey of more than 500 U.S. business and IT leaders finds that many organizations anticipate broad AI implementation will drive growth and productivity while making work more meaningful, yet only a fraction of them have their processes and workflows ready to realize these benefits.

75% agree that human collaboration with AI agents creates more value than AI agent-powered automation alone.

Stubblebine’s main point about slop was that the existence of it isn’t the real issue, it’s whether readers see it. “Does it matter how much slop is on Medium,” he asked, “or does it matter… how much slop our readers are seeing which is the question I’m asking?” (3:42) This is an interesting distinction and shows the ways platforms can make AI slop less visible without enforcing draconian security measures up front.

Stubblebine’s point about writing as a tool for thinking is one John Warner also drives home in his book More Than Words: How to think about writing in the Age of AI (a book we read in the AI book club, with a recording here). I agree 100% about writing as a mode of thinking, which is why I’ve sort of abandoned many attempts to use AI in writing blog posts. It’s not so much that AI-generated content in posts is soulless or too bland or too general; it’s that it can sometimes remove the thinking elements of the writing process. That’s the real value of writing — the clarity of mind and changed perspective that often results.

AI has changed everything, even how we learn