Ungoverned agents burn money faster than they create value, argues AI practitioner
brucemacv · x · 2026-09-21
brucemacv argues that ungoverned AI agents will burn money faster than they create value. The prerequisite for using AI at scale — rather than "discovering the invoice later" — is measuring cost per person, per workflow, and per outcome.
The point targets a core enterprise agent deployment problem: cost accounting frameworks must come before scaling, or the bill only shows up after the fact.
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