PSA: Predictive AI Post Inflation.

The V Spot, midweek edition. Urgent PSA: Predictive AI Post Inflation.
“Know the symptoms”.

This is a public service announcement.

If your LinkedIn feed currently reads like a fortune cookie written by ChatGPT wearing a Patagonia vest, you may be experiencing Predictive AI Post Inflation.

Side effects include:

“By 2027…”
“No one is talking about this…”
“And here’s why most leaders will fail.”
Breathe. You’re not alone.

Here’s the truth bomb:

AI didn’t suddenly make everyone clairvoyant. though it kind of did.
We call this pattern-matching cheap.
We’re seeing the same three inputs, macro fear, VC vibes, and half-digested earnings calls, run through the same model, but spat out as bold certainty.

Other things to watch:

Prediction cosplay.
Zero skin in the game.
Maximum confidence font.

So what do we do?

Rule one: Check the receipt.
If there’s no data, no lived experience, no “this blew up in my face”, it’s not insight, it’s Mad Libs

Rule two: Discount certainty.
Anyone claiming inevitability in commerce has never met a customer.

Rule three: Favour witnesses over prophets. Not profits. Not many of us have seen profits.

“I saw this happen” beats “this will happen” every single time.

In summary:

Post less prediction.
More observation.
More context.
More humility.
The future doesn’t need narrators. It needs editors.

This has been a V Spot midweek PSA.

If symptoms persist, log off LinkedIn.

Touch grass.

Then come back with a point of view that costs you something.

Out.