Phil Rust · writer, builder, technologist
Technology that helps people become more fully themselves.
I write about AI adoption, organisational maturity, and what it takes to build technology that activates human contribution rather than erasing it.
Recent essays
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The Proof Nobody Has Read
On 8 September an AI system was credited with resolving a Millennium Prize problem that had stood since 2000. Nothing changes for engineers tomorrow. What changed is how hard problems get solved, who gets the credit, and what we tell our children about mathematics.
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The Metaphor That Was Not Carrying Its Weight
Two days of rebuilding the site after a piece of gentle feedback landed.
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The Embodiment Turn: When Robots Stopped Being Demos
A fortnightly synthesis of AI strategy, healthcare technology, and transformation signals for practitioners navigating the human side of change.