The Sky Is Falling, Again
Asteroid fears reached the public after the science. AI fears reached the public before it, and that changes how the warnings land.
Robert J. Brunner
Founder & Principal, Innodative
AI & emerging technology advisor to boards and leadership teams
Chief Disruption Officer · Professor of Accountancy
Gies College of Business, University of Illinois
Advisory inquiries: principal@innodative.com
I advise boards, entrepreneurs, and leadership teams on AI and emerging technology: separating genuine capability from hype, and deciding what to do about it. My judgment comes from doing the work, not summarizing it. An astrophysicist by training, I run an active research program in AI and serve as Chief Disruption Officer at Gies, where I advise university leaders on navigating disruption.
Advisory engagements, board work, and speaking run through my consulting practice, Innodative. If you are weighing a decision about AI or emerging technology, start here.
Recent Writing
Accelerating towards Obsolescence
Fields confronting AI tend to see two paths: ban it or delegate to it. Both fail. The third option is harder to articulate and the only one that works.
The Economics of AI Anxiety
Anxiety about AI-driven job cuts is everywhere, but badly misdiagnosed. The labor market is absorbing AI through task-level substitution, and three economic constraints ensure that human roles will persist.