AI · Jul 17, 2026

The Hidden Costs of Corporate AI Dependency

AI dependency at the company level: employee skills, confidence, enterprise security, and who controls access to the tools.

Blood, Sweat & Tokens S01E11: The Hidden Costs of Corporate AI Dependency

A follow-up to the addiction episode, aimed at companies this time. What happens to employee skills and confidence when everyone delegates to AI, how you balance human and AI productivity, and the anxiety that comes with it.

Sean and I also get into enterprise security, who controls tool access, and the experiments we have been running with AI skills and automation. Sean's component library built on primitives gets an update, and we talk production quality after a few rough recordings.

Listen to episode 11 on bloodsweatandtokens.xyz, or watch it on YouTube.


Taylor’s career started in Lexington, KY designing and developing big-name collegiate athletic sites like ukathletics.com and texassports.com. Later, while working at Creative Department in Cincinnati, he pushed his analytical side, working on brands like Tide, Macy’s and LexisNexis.

Taylor joined the Ample partnership in 2014 and in his role as our Chief Technology Officer has pushed our company and clients to the next level. As chief JAMstack evangelist, Taylor has a passion for simple, battle-tested architectural solutions that drive down costs and increase confidence for our clients.