Theoplis Stewart II

Introduction Organizations are adopting AI at a pace that is genuinely remarkable. In 2023, roughly 30% of employees reported using AI in some professional capacity. By 2025, that number had climbed to 76%. This is not incremental change. It is a rapid, widespread shift in how large numbers of people do their work. But here's the number that deserves as much attention: only 1 in 50 AI investments delivers transformational organizational value. Only 1 in 5 delivers any measurable return on...

Introduction EDUCAUSE — the nonprofit that shapes technology strategy for higher education institutions — spent months in early 2026 developing a framework for what AI-enhanced education should actually look like. The resulting framework is built around an acronym: ACTUAL. Agency. Connection. Trust. Uniqueness. Adaptability. Lifelong Learning. What strikes me about this framework is what it prioritizes. It doesn't start with capabilities. It starts with values. It asks not "what can AI do in...

Introduction The 2023 Hollywood strikes were the longest and most consequential labor action the entertainment industry had seen in decades. The Writers Guild of America walked out in May; SAG-AFTRA joined in July. Together, they shut down the production of scripted film and television for 148 days. The core issues were familiar ones — residuals, minimum staffing — but the new and defining issue was AI. What the writers and actors were fighting about, at its core, was whether artificial...