Leadership surveys and relationship to reality (AI column)

With careful study report I decided to pay attention to sources of information, which are mainly three types: a survey of top managers of companies, a survey of vendor representatives and a survey of users. When studying the results of a survey of company executives about how AI technologies are implemented, I remembered Yaroslav Gashek and his brave soldier Schweik. Specifically when reading facts of the type

According to the SRT survey, over two years, generative AI has gone far beyond point experiments: the average number of functions where pilots are running or full implementation has grown from one to the next. 2,4 into 2023 before 3,1 into 2025The technology itself is already being used in 80% of key business functions

I remember a moment where Jaroslav Hasek shows that ministers, generals and senior officials seem to suffer from collective insanity, which is then inevitably transmitted to all lower ranks. Information from above is formed into orders, orders and propaganda, and at the lower levels it turns into ridiculous initiatives, strict penalties and nervous running of junior officers and soldiers. In the opposite direction from the bottom up are no longer orders, but denunciations, distorted rumors and success statistics, cleaned up to the expectations of the superiors. This creates the illusion of order and rationality.

In that regard, I believe the report more.The GenAI Divide: State of AI in Business 2025MIT, where despite the global investment of $30–40 billion, ~95Percentage of organizations did not receive measurable returns from GenAI projects, and the remaining 5% were able to make money from it. The authors explain this not by the quality of models or regulation, but by different approaches to implementing technologies.. I told you more about the MIT report. hereAnd after the weekend, more details about the report "Jacob and Partners" and Yandex.

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