Max HenryFounder & Executive Director, Global Supply Chain Council (GSCC) · Founder & Executive Director at Global Supply Chain Council (GSCC)

AI is the Future: Why You're Already Late (Provocative Take)

17 Apr 2025 · 1 min

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In this commentary, the speaker argues that artificial intelligence is an irreversible, transformative force that organizations must embrace immediately. He highlights the dramatic acceleration of AI capabilities from the early days of ChatGPT to the present, describing the change as a "day‑and‑night" shift that moves AI beyond hype or a fleeting fad. Recognizing that different sectors and companies are at varying stages of readiness and face differing regulatory constraints, he stresses that regardless of these differences, any firm that has not begun its AI journey is already behind. The speaker frames this as a provocative but urgent call to action for businesses to start integrating AI now.

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I would say that AI is here to stay, meaning if you are not on the journey, you're already late. Why is that? And if you look at the pace of development of AI in the last— I mean, I don't know whether you've seen from the early part of where ChatGPT came out to where we are today, it's kind of day and night, right? So in the early days, I would say this is a true statement. It's like, it could be hype, Could be a fad, could be out within the next 2, 3 months or a year. So with that, I think a lot of the things that we're doing today is about how to ensure that AI, when applied, is applicable because recognizing that different companies and different industries are in different places today, stages, as well as the pace of deployment is different, right? Because some have a lot tighter restriction and governance compared to to others. But all in all, I would say that this is genuinely one area where if you haven't started as a company, I think you're late. Just being a little bit more provocative, right, in terms of what the question says.