Inkhaven Spotlight #11

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Nov 13, 2025

Nomads Vagabonds investigates the study that claims 95% of generative AI pilots fail, and finds their data supports a rather different claim.

Nomads Vagabonds

Cool Stats Bro.

On August 21, 2025, the Nasdaq tanked, tech stocks stumbled, and AI-exposed companies from Nvidia to Palantir saw sharp selloffs. The culprit? A preliminary research report from MIT’s Project NANDA with a headline that Wall Street couldn’t resist: 95% of generative AI pilots fail to deliver measurable business impact…

4 months ago · 3 likes · Nomads Vagabonds

Ben Steinhorn visits the symphony with his grandfather; a study of perception.

I watched as Evgeny Kissin bowed first to the audience and then to the bleachers behind stage. He took his seat, adjusted his pants, and shook his wrist cuffs. He threw the tail of his coat behind his chair before shaking his cuffs one final time. Then he went straight into the piece. He didn’t attack it, that isn’t the right metaphor. I have been readi…

4 months ago · 2 likes · 1 comment · Ben Steinhorn

Vishal Prasad examines Thomas Cromwell, seen thru the lens of two different pieces of historical fiction (one much more flattering than the other).

Vishal’s Substack

Thomas Cromwell in Wolf Hall: Women, Domesticity, Craft

I’ve been caught up in “Wolf Hall”-mania for years now. Of course I’ve read Hilary Mantel’s trilogy twice by now. Of course I’ve watched the first season of the BBC series over ten times. You can even find me in the BBC’s YouTube comment sections defending the second season from accusations of being “woke trash…

4 months ago · 2 likes · Vishal Prasad

Lucent talks about cravings, set points, and the variety of experience.

Craving Food Noise

Nobody knows why the world became so obese. As nature abhors a vacuum, the mind abhors a lack of understanding. Insufficient stories and just-world thinking rush in to fill the gap. “It’s just…” No, it’s not. If a single simple cause fit, we would have found it…

4 months ago · 6 likes · 3 comments · Michael Dayah

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Discussion about this post

Regarding the generatve AI pilot study, that 95% failure rate is definitely a conversation starter. What do you think is the biggest bottleneck from proof-of-concept to actual impact, and great analysis on this?

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