Generative AI: Revolutionizing Information Governance Information Governance Generative AI and Information Governance: A Practitioner's Guide The information governance landscape is undergoing its most significant transformation since the advent of cloud computing. Generative AI—the same technology powering tools like ChatGPT and Claude—is rapidly moving from novelty to necessity in how organizations manage, classify, and protect their data assets. For those of us who have By John F. Holliday • 12 min read
A humanoid robot hand carefully drawing lines Agentic AI Teaching AI Agents to Color Inside the Lines The challenge isn't that AI is stupid—it's that AI is like an overconfident intern who read the handbook once. The solution? Give AI a menu of approved actions instead of hoping it figures out your business. Structured semantic AI agents deliver predictability, compliance, and trust at scale. By John F. Holliday • 3 min read
A crystalline lattice structure at the exact moment of phase transition Agentic AI Phase Transitions in AI: Context Windows and the Emergence of Something Like Awareness Context window capacity is the order parameter. Below a critical threshold, you get pattern completion. Above it, something else emerges: coherent reasoning, consistent perspective, the ability to reference and refine. Not consciousness. But not nothing either. By John F. Holliday • 6 min read
Oversight Immigration Enforcement Tracking Dashboard Data Visualization I Built a Better Immigration Enforcement Tracking Dashboard (And You Can Help) An interactive visualization layer on top of the Committee's data. Same verified incidents, same sources, same commitment to factual accuracy—but now you can actually explore it. By John F. Holliday • 2 min read
Complex AI Agent Constrained by Precise Language Agentic AI Building Semantic AI Agents with Custom DSLs The Problem: Lost in Translation Every interaction with an AI agent involves translation—from human intent to machine action. Today, most AI systems attempt this translation in one giant leap, interpreting natural language directly into system operations. It's like playing telephone tag with your entire business logic. Consider By John F. Holliday • 4 min read
AI Governance Information Governance Why AI Prompts Are Not Official Records: A Formal Logic Analysis for Compliance Professionals The explosive adoption of AI tools across enterprises has created an urgent compliance question that keeps information governance professionals awake at night: When employees interact with AI systems, do their prompts constitute official records? By John F. Holliday • 9 min read
The Unified Field of Pure Creative Intelligence Information Architecture Information Architecture, Consciousness, and the Unified Field When we practice information architecture, we participate in the same ordering principle that governs the cosmos from quarks to galaxies. By John F. Holliday • 5 min read
Landru from Star Trek, Season 1, Episode 22 - The Return of the Archons Agentic AI Agentic AI and the Survival of the Human Race In the classic Star Trek episode "The Return of the Archons," the crew of the Enterprise encounters a society controlled by Landru—an ancient leader who created an all-powerful computer system to govern his civilization. When faced with any disruption, citizens would desperately cry "Landru! Save us! By John F. Holliday • 2 min read
