Steven Wriston

I was speaking at a small business entrepreneur session when one of the founders asked me if AI is politically biased. My immediate answer was this: AI is not political — but it is biased. The room went electric. It was the most energetic exchange of the entire session, and honestly, I wasn't surprised. Business owners are being told to adopt AI, invest in AI, and trust AI — all while quietly wondering if it has an agenda. That question deserved a real answer then, and it deserves one now. So...

I've been saying this for some time now — AI Fluency is going to be mandatory. Not a competitive advantage. Not a bonus skill. Mandatory. And now one of the most respected firms in the world is proving exactly that point. Here's what every business leader needs to see.

The half-life of a learned skill—the time it takes for half of what you know to become obsolete—used to be about 5 years. When it comes to AI, it's closer to 18 months . If you learned Generative AI in late 2022 and haven't updated since, you're already working with outdated knowledge. Think about the speed of this evolution: Late 2022: The "Parlor Trick" Era ChatGPT launches. It's a text-based novelty—it writes poems and emails, but hallucinates facts, can't browse the internet, and can't...