Practical · Evidence-led · No fluff

AI, written by someone who actually uses it.

A series of articles and reports on AI adoption, capability, agentic workflows and sustainability. Aimed at people who want answers, not hype.

Issue 002 Practical AI 4 min read · 25 Apr 2026

AI-curious? This is the bit no one tells you.

Stop typing questions into AI. Start pasting things in. The free habit that beats any productivity app — no subscription, no prompt engineering, no faff.

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Issue 001 Adoption 7 min read · 20 Apr 2026

The AI competency pyramid.

Where 20.6 million UK workers actually sit. 14 levels, 95% at the bottom, and the jump that costs nothing — but 97% still haven't made.

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Issue 003 · Coming soon

Issue 003 Sustainability Coming soon

The carbon cost of convergence.

Frontier models are eating the grid. Why intelligence-per-watt is the new unit, and what enterprise AI strategies need to do about it.

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Issue 004 · Coming soon

Issue 004 Agentic Coming soon

Why your MCP strategy needs a red team.

For every organisation deploying agents, someone needs to try to break them. The 5→6 leap is cultural — and the safety ratio doesn't inspire confidence.

In drafts

About the author

Senior business analyst. AI super-adopter. Still learning.

I've spent twenty years bridging business and technical teams across retail, fashion, finance and now hospitality & catering. The last twelve months have been almost entirely about putting AI to work — properly, in real production systems, not as a demo.

AI Sustained is where I write up what I'm learning. Practical, evidence-led, and aimed at people who want to use AI well — not people who want to be sold something.

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