Every technology boom has a moment when enthusiasm outruns institutional memory. In the first phase, companies chase speed. In the second, they discover that speed has created a control problem. Artificial intelligence has reached that second phase.
For the past two years, the corporate race has been defined by adoption. Boards wanted AI strategies. CEOs wanted productivity gains. Business units wanted pilots. Technology teams were asked to deploy tools quickly enough to satisfy the market and cautiously enough to avoid public failure. That balance is becoming harder to sustain.
