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Digital transformation #mindcandy 9 October 2025
The topics are:
- You are the upgrade, a summary of 25 books about AI
- ERP
- The AI application spending report
- The AI bubble
- You have 18 months
- Social media surveillance (you should worry)
- A no-code agent builder
- Ai in gaming
You are the upgrade
Data, acceleration, and the future of intelligence: Lessons from 25 core books (and links to 114 other books) about AI, technology abstraction, and consciousness.
Why so many CFOs are walking away from ERP systems
https://www.okoone.com/spark/industry-insights/why-so-many-cfos-are-walking-away-from-erp-systems/
94% of CFOs regret ERP purchases. Rising costs, long rollouts, and underused features are breaking trust.
The AI Application Spending Report: Where Startup Dollars Really Go
https://a16z.com/the-ai-application-spending-report-where-startup-dollars-really-go/
AI is changing what skills people have, what tasks people do, and what teams look like. That change is hitting big companies differently from small companies. While big companies are getting incremental benefits to existing team structures, at startups we’re seeing truly AI-native companies emerge, built around the next generation of software.
Revisiting the AI Bubble
https://danielmiessler.com/blog/revisiting-the-ai-bubble
AI isn’t going anywhere, and I 100% think we’re on track for being able to viably replace a human knowledge-worker by 2028—which is my definition of AGI. And it could be 2026 or 2027.
“You have 18 months”
https://www.theargumentmag.com/p/you-have-18-months
The real deadline isn’t when AI outsmarts us — it’s when we stop using our own minds.
ICE Wants to Build Out a 24/7 Social Media Surveillance Team
https://www.wired.com/story/ice-social-media-surveillance-24-7-contract/
Documents show that ICE plans to hire dozens of contractors to scan X, Facebook, TikTok, and other platforms to target people for deportation.
OpenAI Launches a No-Code Agent Builder
https://thenewstack.io/openai-launches-a-no-code-agent-builder/
OpenAI beta launched AgentKit, a no-code agent builder, and the ability to invoke third-party apps in ChatGPT.
AI in gaming: How Southeast Asia became the testing ground for virtual companions
Southeast Asia is becoming the testing ground for AI companions, where gaming, intimacy, and monetisation reshape entertainment
