Author: Alex Worapol Pongpech

As a technical consultant, I’ve sat in countless meetings where the client’s vision for Agentic AI clashes with the technology’s present-day reality. The conversation usually follows a predictable arc: what they think they want, what they actually need, what we can actually build, and how we can find a common ground to deliver real value.…

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As a CTO and educator, I’ve seen a recurring problem that quietly sabotages digital transformation efforts. A similar situation has occurred with the Big Data transformation in Thailand, and I am now witnessing the same scenario with the AI transformation. Each business unit has its budget and develops its own technology to address its pain points. On…

As a CTO, one of my mandates is to make money for the company from technology—no question about that. But the idea of Delta Airlines using AI for real-time pricing genuinely concerns me—not because it’s illegal, but because it treads dangerously close to exploiting consumer behavior. https://medium.com/@alexpongpech/guardrails-for-generative-ai-why-a-cto-must-go-beyond-pdpa-to-protect-both-consumers-and-the-15c738693def

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