[Opinion] Welcome to the feudal states of AI
On centralisation, control, surveillance, and how AI policy reduces citizens to data sources — by Simon Wardley.
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Opinion pieces by Simon Wardley from LinkedIn.
[Opinion] From conversational programming to vibe coding
On why vibe coding is a terrible name and AI wrangling is more accurate — by Simon Wardley.
LinkedIn[Opinion] Chain of comprehension and vibe coding
On why one huge company will inevitably lose control of its IT systems through vibe coding — by Simon Wardley.
LinkedIn[Opinion] UK supply chain department
On why the UK needs a department of the supply chain for technological and economic landscape awareness — by Simon Wardley.
LinkedIn[Opinion] Software engineers, you have 5 days left
On Amodei's prediction that AI would write all software in 12 months and the horde of doom-loop thought leaders — by Simon Wardley.
LinkedIn[Opinion] UK values and defence
On British strategic principles, standing by values under pressure, and the tradition of pragmatic statecraft — by Simon Wardley.
LinkedIn[Opinion] AI sovereignty and China
On China's AI regulations, training data sovereignty, and the coming battle between open and closed AI — by Simon Wardley.
LinkedIn[Opinion] A thousand hours of vibe coding
On discovering that complex AI-built apps often reduce to spreadsheets and the real value of vibe coding is finding the right questions — by Simon Wardley.
LinkedIn[Opinion] Tiresome myths: fewer engineers
On the myth of fewer engineers, Jevons paradox, and the coming rehiring rush — by Simon Wardley.
LinkedIn[Opinion] Miro, AI and the value of process
On why automating the creation of maps and boards destroys the real value, which lies in the process of making them — by Simon Wardley.
LinkedIn[Opinion] Three schools of thought on AI
On the three schools of thought about AI and software engineering: Replace People, Replace Tasks, and the mythical No Change — by Simon Wardley.
LinkedIn[Opinion] Healthcare not sickcare
On the NHS, PROMs vs ClinROs, and why a blank-page target operating model should start with healthcare not sickcare — by Simon Wardley.
LinkedIn[Opinion] Alice the machine psychologist
A fictional narrative from a 2015 blog post about Alice the machine psychologist and the co-evolution of roles — by Simon Wardley.
LinkedIn[Opinion] Drum machines and AI
On drum machines in the 1980s as a parallel to AI replacing engineers — by Simon Wardley.
LinkedIn[Opinion] The circular logic of metrics
On Pavel Samsonov's post on metrics, SOMA without pills, and tools capturing reasoning — by Simon Wardley.
LinkedIn[Opinion] AI agent swarms and the new SOMA
On AI agent swarms reducing humans to providers of intent, skill atrophy, and Huxley's Brave New World as a warning — by Simon Wardley.
LinkedIn[Opinion] DVLA, automotive AI and sovereignty
On DVLA mapping the automotive future in 2015, values embedded in simulation models, and training data as sovereignty — by Simon Wardley.
LinkedIn[Opinion] Practice diffusion timelines
On decade-long population studies and 30-50 year practice normalisation timelines — by Simon Wardley.
LinkedIn[Opinion] Architecture as expression of values
On architecture as expression of values and where to value human judgement in software — by Simon Wardley.
LinkedIn[Opinion] Prompt Metadata as Signals
On prompt metadata as signal for future change, the ILC model, and the same pattern as cloud 2006-2010 — by Simon Wardley.
LinkedIn[Opinion] Climatic Patterns and AI
On 15-year-old climatic patterns applying to LLMs like clockwork — by Simon Wardley.
LinkedIn[Opinion] Can AI boards outperform human ones?
On replacing boards with LLMs, poor situational awareness, and the need for critical thinking in education — by Simon Wardley.
LinkedIn[Opinion] Critical thinking and AI
On why we don't teach enough critical thinking, education as economic production, and a civilisation fluent in everything except truth — by Simon Wardley.
LinkedIn[Opinion] Jevons Paradox and vibe coding
On why vibe coding will increase demand for software engineers through Jevons Paradox, not decrease it — by Simon Wardley.
LinkedIn[Opinion] Construction industry mapping
On mapping the construction industry and the divergence between societal and market investment priorities — by Simon Wardley.
LinkedIn[Opinion] Education, critical thinking and AI investment
On mapping education, UK Gov investing in AI training over critical thinking, and training minds to feed the machine — by Simon Wardley.
LinkedIn[Opinion] Five things to remember when vibe coding
On prompts as wishes, hallucinations as the norm, and why vibe coding means more engineers not fewer — by Simon Wardley.
LinkedIn[Opinion] China and evolutionary thinking
On Kaplan and Norton strategy maps in China, and stumbling on evolutionary thinking in digital enterprise modelling — by Simon Wardley.
LinkedIn[Opinion] Situational awareness and the WEF
On why situational awareness still fails to make the World Economic Forum skills list, and whether China will lead the way — by Simon Wardley.
LinkedIn[Opinion] Vibe wrangling
On spending a day vibe wrangling with lovable.dev, why the tools fight you, and why pen and paper still wins — by Simon Wardley.
LinkedIn[Opinion] Reading code is an essential skill
On why reading code is necessary but not sufficient, and the distinction between readability and explainability — by Simon Wardley.
LinkedIn[Opinion] Function length and time to answer
On Kent Beck's function length question, Tudor Girba's 3-minute answer, and why time-to-answer matters more than we think — by Simon Wardley.
LinkedIn[Opinion] Kent Beck's function distribution experiment
On Kent Beck's question about function lengths, Tudor Girba answering in 3 minutes from a 1.9M LoC system, and a call for time-to-answer data — by Simon Wardley.
LinkedIn[Opinion] The erosion of critical thinking
On generic tools as empowerment theatre, why we dig deep shaft mines with kitchen blenders, and AI robbing us of reason — by Simon Wardley.
LinkedIn[Opinion] UK AI Safety Institute and open source
On closing the AI Safety Institute, Anthropic in government, and redirecting investment towards open source AI — by Simon Wardley.
LinkedIn[Opinion] Digital sovereignty without maps
On ChatPPT consultants discussing digital sovereignty without maps, DVLA automotive mapping, and why there are no borders without landscapes — by Simon Wardley.
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