09/17/2026
I'll be honest, I've read the same AI headlines you have this week, and I'm still sitting with them.
The people who built these systems are telling each other to slow down. The people funding the chips are calling that a hoax. Both sides sound completely certain. Neither is in the room when you're making the actual call for your team.
I've led through enough of these moments to know the discomfort doesn't mean you're doing it wrong; it means you're paying attention.
Here's what I know to be true. You don't need the industry to agree before you can lead through this moment. You need to know what you're building toward, and what doesn't move no matter how fast everything else does. For me, that's cybersecurity. Not a speed limit. The floor everything else stands on.
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The AI industry can't agree on the pace. That's not permission to wait for someone else to decide for you.