๐๐ง ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ ๐ด๐ผ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฒ. (Mollick, The Economist, 2026)
๐๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ฒ๐๐ปโ๐ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ง. ๐๐ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ด๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ด๐๐ถ๐๐.ย (Sherlock, 2026)
That headline in last month’s The Economist traveled fast.
But itโs more clickbait than conclusion.
Ethan Mollickโs point wasnโt actually that IT kills AI.
Itโs that AI slows down when itโs treated like traditional enterprise technology.
Thatโs largely true. AI is amorphous and accessible at scale, and requires different treatment than legacy enterprise applications.
But AI isnโt something to โmove out of IT.โ
And itโs not something that a single leader should own.
It needs to be federated into the businessโ with IT owning the center of enablement:
โข Platforms
โข Data
โข Integration
โข Scalable foundations
When that modelโ and ITโs role within itโis unclear, AI doesnโt scale.
Ignore the noise.
Clarity scales AI.
