Silicon Valley Wants to Put a Chip in Your Brain - POLITICO
PushButton AI Team ·
Silicon Valley Wants to Put a Chip in Your Brain - POLITICO
Silicon Valley now wants to put a chip in your brain.
And somehow, you still can't get your team to open that AI tool you bought six months ago.
That gap tells you everything.
You're not behind bec
Silicon Valley now wants to put a chip in your brain.
And somehow, you still can't get your team to open that AI tool you bought six months ago.
That gap tells you everything.
You're not behind because you're slow. You're behind because the people selling AI solutions are always three steps ahead of what's actually useful to a real business today. Brain-computer interfaces. AGI. Autonomous agents. None of that helps you close more deals or cut your customer response time this month.
Here's what 25 years of software delivery taught me: the loudest technology is almost never the right starting point. The right starting point is the smallest problem you solve manually, every single week, that eats two hours of someone's time.
That's your first AI win. Not a platform. Not a transformation. One repetitive task, automated, with a measurable before-and-after.
This week, list three tasks your team does manually on repeat. Pick the most predictable one. That's where AI earns its place in your business — quietly, without blowing anything up.
No ripping out systems. No coding. No consultants who vanish.
Just one win that builds your confidence and your case.
What's the AI tool or promise that burned you most — and what did it actually cost you beyond the subscription fee?
