Before You Buy AI: What Exactly Are You Paying to Solve?
AI proposals can be persuasive. The harder question is whether the technology solves a real business problem, at a cost and level of risk that make sense.
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Mythology of Artificial Intelligence
The fantasy of building a profitable AI SaaS in a weekend ignores the difficult parts: workflows, engineering, distribution, adoption and measurable business value.
AI Is Saving Nonprofits Time. But Is It Helping Them Change Lives?
Artificial intelligence is spreading rapidly through the nonprofit sector, but saving time is not the same as creating impact. The harder challenge may be organisational rather than technological.
Extract from Declan's Lost Race
An unidentified man is found dead in Spain. The forensic evidence presents a problem: two distinct male DNA profiles where every outward fact insists there was only one man.
Extract from The Ghost of Highgate
Nob finally discovers the identity of the impossible Victorian who has appeared in his life.
The Missing Hour
One morning, an unnamed Italian city wakes to discover that an hour has gone missing. It has not vanished into the supernatural. It has been quietly stolen by everyday life.