I won't be "AI-First" in 2026
AI-First is a company culture where everyone tries using AI to solve every task before trying to solve the problem via other means.1 I’ve got a few problems with the idea of jumping first to AI for everything.2 In 2025, a lot of companies announced they were going “AI-First”. Duolingo, for example, came under a lot of fire for their AI-First announcement. Most of the backlash they received came from people accusing them of replacing contractors and human nuance with AI.3 That’s a worthwhile conversation, but I’m here to consider something else: why the “AI-first” mindset is bad for business.
- ▪AI-First is a company culture where everyone tries using AI to solve every task before trying to solve the problem via other means.1 I’ve got a few problems with the idea of jumping first to AI for everything.2 In 2025, a lot of companies a
- ▪Duolingo, for example, came under a lot of fire for their AI-First announcement.
- ▪Most of the backlash they received came from people accusing them of replacing contractors and human nuance with AI.3 That’s a worthwhile conversation, but I’m here to consider something else: why the “AI-first” mindset is bad for business.
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| Original publisher | Bjorg |
| Canonical URL | https://bjorg.bjornroche.com/management/not-ai-first/ |
| Publication time | Mon, 27 Jul 2026 15:13:35 +0000 |
| Retrieval time | 2026-07-27T15:31:24.551Z |
| Last seen | 2026-07-27T15:31:24.551Z |
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| Summary | WeSearch · cerebras-chat (WeSearch summarizer) |
| Summary source text | contentText |
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| Publisher visit | Yes — open original |
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| Commercial reuse | May the content be reused commercially? | Not permitted |
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AI-First is a company culture where everyone tries using AI to solve every task before trying to solve the problem via other means.1 I’ve got a few problems with the idea of jumping first to AI for everything.2 In 2025, a lot of companies announced they were going “AI-First”. Not everyone is in favor of this. Duolingo, for example, came under a lot of fire for their AI-First announcement. Most of the backlash they received came from people accusing them of replacing contractors and human nuance with AI.3 That’s a worthwhile conversation, but I’m here to consider something else: why the “AI-first” mindset is bad for business. AI shouldn’t be thinking for you The first reason for not using AI for everything is that the output is not always the important part of the job.
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