Marlin Watling

Guiding leaders through the human side of AI transformation. | Future of Work • Org Design • Leadership • Change | ex-@sap @roche.

[aditya @adxtyahq]

I ended up building a small stress test around this.

You drop an idea, it maps it against 920+ failed VC-backed startups and flags failure modes + what not to copy.

https://t.co/PXsFZsKqZd

[Marlin Watling @marlster16]

From code to rubble and back again: Gaza Sky Geeks is rebuilding a tech future under siege. Hope lives on. #Gaza #TechForGood
https://t.co/AgF9PNCw5g

[Pascal Bornet @pascal_bornet]

AI was supposed to save us time — not teach us how to waste it faster.

I’ve been there — using AI to save time,
only to realize I’m just moving the same pile of work around faster.

This illustration nails it.
→ Tim can’t handle a 12-page report,
so he uses AI to turn five bullet points into a twelve-page performance.

→ His colleague, overwhelmed,
uses AI again to shrink it back into those same five points.

And somehow, everyone feels productive.

We say AI makes us efficient.
But are we really getting efficient — or just getting better at disguising inefficiency?

We’re not saving time.
We’re just transferring it — from humans to machines, and back again.

Maybe the real paradox of AI isn’t about productivity.
It’s about purpose.

We’ve started outsourcing not just effort — but imagination.

Instead of thinking, we’re prompting.
Instead of creating, we’re formatting.

We’re not using AI to expand our ideas — we’re using it to escape them.

And that’s how we quietly lose what made us IRREPLACEABLE:
the ability to see patterns, connect dots, and imagine what doesn’t yet exist.

Before you ask AI to do something, ask yourself:
✅ Does this need to exist?
✅ Who is this really helping?
✅ What problem am I solving — or am I just looping output?

AI’s greatest gift isn’t automation. It's a reflection.

Because the future of productivity won’t be faster output — it’ll be deeper intent.

And the future of work won’t belong to those who automate the fastest — it’ll belong to those who still know how to imagine.

#AI #Productivity #WorkCulture #Philosophy #Technology #Creativity

[Marlin Watling @marlster16]

OpenAI’s R&D is Darwinian. Ship chaos, observe order, scale the mutation. “Let tactics become a strategy.”
https://t.co/vGqmmEPXjn

[Marlin Watling @marlster16]

"we are halfway to everywhere"

[Marlin Watling @marlster16]

I just published I Spent a Month Reading Every Major AI Study from 2025. Here’s What Matters. https://t.co/yDTecFZaeq

[Marlin Watling @marlster16]

At Spark, we experiment.
AI is knocking on spirituality's door—not just for automation, but to open new spaces.
We're testing if ancient wisdom can shine in digital form.

[Marlin Watling @marlster16]

Gen Z is drowning in content but starving for wisdom.
1,600-year-old monks in the Egyptian desert already solved this.
We just built an AI to translate them.
Thread 📷
https://t.co/FpcUd7PTce

[Marlin Watling @marlster16]

AI companions give unconditional responsiveness.
Desert Fathers teach unconditional presence—with yourself, with reality, with God.
One is a simulation. The other is transformation.
Guess which one requires you to grow?

[Marlin Watling @marlster16]

The NPR survey shows 1 in 5 kids know someone in a “romantic AI relationship.” The secret sauce? AI offers predictable affection—no rejection, no risk, no awkward silences. Constant availability + perfect memory = feels safer than real love. https://t.co/GLdLFMXuB7

[Marlin Watling @marlster16]

Argentia (and Japan) use AI the most, and are most hopeful about it. Young people use GenAI much more. Great study of where AI impacts today in society. https://t.co/U1JzU0z74a

[Marlin Watling @marlster16]

AI is not our competitor — it’s our wake-up call.
Reading Irreplacable by @pascal_bornet

[Marlin Watling @marlster16]

“So far, AI has moved headlines more than headcounts.” Yale study on AI impact - https://t.co/AM2LV1Xpd4