PART 1 · CHAPTER 02 · Where We Actually Are

The Deployment Gap

The models can already do far more than the world has bothered to use them for. That gap is the opportunity.

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WHAT THIS PAGE CONTAINS

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The chapter's route

  1. 01The Machine Arrives Before the System
  2. 02Capability Has Outrun Habit
  3. 03Why Organizations Move Slowly
  4. 04The Work Already Within Reach
  5. 05The Last Mile Is the Real Bottleneck
  6. 06Electrifying the Old Workflow
  7. 07The Economics of Unused Capability
  8. 08Why the Gap Feels Like Disappointment
  9. 09The People Who Close Gaps
  10. 10The Better Kind of Early
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