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Published by martinfowler.com (Exploring Gen AI series, incl. Böckeler) (T1 source). The original is at https://martinfowler.com/fragments/2026-07-21.html.

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Martin Fowler wraps up notes from the second Future of Software Development Retreat, surfacing a Thoughtworks finding on the mismatch between engineers using LLMs and boards pushing for adoption, illustrated by a $100B-loss anecdote about ML models for air filter replacement applied outside their training context.

Captures retreat-level consensus on LLM adoption friction between engineers and leadership, grounded by a concrete cautionary tale about deploying models outside their training context.

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