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The Augmentation Age: Redefining Human Value in a World of Machine Competence
For decades, the narrative around AI and employment was dominated by a single, terrifying verb: “Replace.” The fear was monolithic—robots coming for blue-collar jobs, algorithms coming for white-collar careers, leaving […]
The Great Rewiring: How “AI-Native” is Redeveloping Heavy Industry, Pharma, and Energy
Between 2023 and 2025, the corporate world was obsessed with “low-hanging fruit.” Companies deployed AI copilots to help coders write faster, used generative tools to draft marketing emails, and summarized […]
Beyond the “Paperclip Maximiser”: The Real-World Ethics of Autonomous AI in 2026
For years, AI ethics was dominated by thought experiments. We worried about the “trolley problem” (who should a self-driving car hit?) or the “paperclip maximiser” (a superintelligence turning the universe […]
London Calling: Why the Banks of the Thames are the Crucible for Global AI Policy
History has a way of rhyming. Centuries ago, London was the financial engine room of the first industrial revolution, inventing the mechanisms of modern insurance, banking, and trade that allowed […]
The 2026 Inflection Point: From Generative Hype to Autonomous Reality
If 2023 was the year the world woke up to generative AI, and 2024 was the year of frantic experimentation, then 2026 is the year of consequence. We have moved […]