David's Saturday AI Thoughts

Rise of the auditors

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AI-native teams need three roles: Director, Builder, Auditor. Execution is cheap, verification is expensive. Most organisations have zero Auditors and are shipping nothing because nobody is named to check.

What happened this week
  • <10% of organisations scale agents beyond pilots (McKinsey)
  • GitHub paused Copilot signups / Uber blew 2026 AI budget / Goldman inference costs approaching headcount parity
  • 29% of employees sabotaging AI initiatives (Writer survey)
    • What to try
    • Ask is this the simplest version (Cantrill laziness)
    • Audit cold: different model, fresh context
    • Save one reusable AI workflow (Chrome Skills)

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      David's Saturday AI ThoughtsBy David Boyle