· Amit Kothari · AI
The true cost of AI - why human time is your biggest expense
Most AI budgets focus on software and infrastructure while ignoring the massive human time investment. RAND research confirms more than 80% of AI projects never reach production, and 85% of organizations misestimate project costs because they do not count employee hours, integration work, productivity losses, and opportunity costs. Here is a framework for calculating the true total cost of AI implementation.