Dave Coplin
As tempting as it is to always reach for the sledgehammer first, experience tells you that different jobs require different levels of force. Maybe we just haven’t built that experience with AI yet. That...
Dave Coplin
The world that shaped that decision was one where technology was expensive, specialised infrastructure. Someone had to manage it, govern it, keep it stable, and make sure it didn’t become a liability....
Dave Coplin
Then I walked into the room and something different happened. Not better or worse than the plan. Just real. The kind of real you only get when four thousand people are in front of you and the argument...
Dave Coplin
(N.B. Updated to the "yes, and" frame, following conversations at Info-Tech Vegas 2026) That was entirely the point, the purpose, and it’s also likely why most of us chose this career. But perhaps most...
Dave Coplin
Think about how that happened. Before the industrial era, most people were compensated for what they produced - an artefact made, a crop harvested, a service rendered. The outcome was the measure. Then...
Dave Coplin
Let me explain what I mean by that - because it’s not a metaphor. It’s a precise diagnosis of what went wrong, and when. The Industrial Revolution gave us something genuinely extraordinary: scale. For...