What happens when a company rushes into AI adoption without understanding what it actually costs? Ankit Mishra joins Jack Smith to share a firsthand incident involving an AI-powered sales lead generation platform, shared API access, and thousands of dollars in unexpected usage charges. What started as a promising business automation project became an expensive lesson in API budgets, cost monitoring, and the importance of understanding the technology before putting it into production.

We expand into the challenges of enterprise AI adoption, from AI fluency and employee training to human oversight, unreliable outputs, and the pressure to deploy new technology faster than organizations can adapt. Also explored are the economics behind AI services, the importance of keeping humans involved in critical decisions, and why slowing down might be the smartest move when everyone else is racing to automate everything.

Find out more about Ankit Mishra on https://ankitmishra.ca

Want even more info ? Read our show notes and related blog post related to this episode : https://blog.ithorrorstories.eu/episode-29-the-cost-of-rushing-ai/

00:00 Introduction
01:20 AI Horror Story
05:58 AI Fluency Concept
08:07 AI Levels Explained
12:26 Certification Ideas
19:10 Token Costs & Efficiency
23:25 Hardware Costs
29:22 Critical Thinking
32:10 Lessons Learned
35:22 Speed of AI
37:36 Conclusion