---
title: "AI Removes the Buffer"
number: 12
date: 2026-02-06
url: https://trevin.co/writing/ai-removes-the-buffer
standfirst: "AI does not fix clarity problems, it amplifies them."
topics: ["AI in delivery"]
---
# AI Removes the Buffer

AI does not fix clarity problems, it amplifies them.

AI didn't break your organisation.

It removed the buffer.

For years, inefficiencies were absorbed by effort.

People stayed late.

Processes bent.

Workarounds multiplied.

AI accelerates everything — including dysfunction.

This isn't a technology issue.

It's an exposure event.

**AI doesn't fix clarity problems.**

It amplifies them.

What weaknesses is AI revealing in how work actually gets done?