Sander Duivestein

A quiet but significant transformation is taking place in the way work is done. Not only our tools are changing, but thinking, speaking and creating are merging together. The rise of vibe coding, an AI-driven practice that turns intentions expressed in natural language into functioning designs or code, shows how technology is reshaping the very foundations of work. What began as an experimental tool for developers is now finding its way into many other areas, including marketing, human resource management, consultancy and decision-making. In some situations, a single prompt can produce results that once required several people to plan or execute. This changes not only how work is carried out, but also how it is coordinated, how roles are divided and what it means to be productive. In this report, we examine how this development is unfolding through three scenarios for the future of work. We explore how organisations may be moving towards a form of vibe architecture: an infrastructure of AI systems that do more than merely assist. They contribute original ideas, help build software and sometimes even initiate decisions. Alongside concrete examples, we address the organisational and ethical questions emerging from this shift.

We stand on the threshold of a new era in which artificial intelligence no longer merely supports, but reasons and acts independently. AI agents take over tasks, make decisions, and sometimes appear to operate almost autonomously. The big question is: do we leave this autopilot on, or do we keep our hands on the wheel? In a world where we seem to be losing our grip altogether, the “autopilot on or off” question cannot be answered from a purely technological perspective. Looking at the power play of Big Tech companies, the interests at stake, and the connection with democratic and ecological processes, it becomes crucial to map the broader perspective as well. Understanding both the technology and the culture underlying AI agents is a prerequisite for any IT decision-maker who wants to engage with them.

If you are looking for longer-term footing, this report puts you comfortably in your seat. Feel free to think of a timeframe of 50, 60, possibly even 100 years or more. Let’s take 2125 as a starting point.

The rise of artificial intelligence (AI) as ‘the’ new interface can be felt in many organisations. The use of AI for information gathering, also known as ‘prompting’ is becoming more commonly used. Prior knowledge is less important on the work floor as AI tirelessly provides relevant answers. In your organisation, you might see a discord between people who won’t have any of it yet, on one side, and those who fully embrace AI, on the other. With the latter not fully committing as necessary guidelines, or ‘guardrails’, are still in development.

After Mobile, Big Data and the Internet of Things, Machine Intelligence (MI) is The Next Big Thing. Machine Intelligence is the accelerator of these predecessors. With an impending breakthrough of Machine Intelligence, the interesting question is what change that will bring. In a series of reports on MI, Sogeti’s trend watchers explore the potential impact, starting with a first report giving an executive introduction to Machine Intelligence, followed by three additional reports. Healthcare, industry, agriculture, advertising companies, security, so basically any sector, can all benefit from the MI framework and this will lead to serious “rethinking”. How did we use to do this in the past, and what is possible today? How will computers be able to assist – or even outpace, as you please – humans even more in the coming years? In our series of reports we dive into all these topics.

Welcome to the wondrous world of the complex and highly imaginative crypto-economy. The world of block- chain and bitcoin, of miners, sandboxes and hashes. If you are not well-up in this subject yet, you may easily fall under the spell of the fascinating and fast-growing crypto-environments. And even if you have already made a study of the subject, some elements of the crypto-economy may remain mysterious and to some extent intangible.

The disruptive potential of new technologies is growing at a staggering speed and challengers in the market are more vigorous than ever. The combination of these new possibilities and the rise of new competitors are the main drivers that are accelerating innovation.Read about it in the latest report by VINT Design to Disrupt: An Executive Introduction