Joseph Byrum, CTO of Big House Enterprise, contributed to this Forbes Technology Council expert panel, published January 5, 2026.
As enterprise GenAI moves from pilot to scale, hidden ethical risks emerge. Tech leaders share where blind spots form and how oversight can quietly erode.
Joseph’s contribution:
Creating A Dependent, Rather Than An Augmented, Workforce
Leaders think they’re augmenting their workforce, but they’re actually selecting for dependence. Your best people—the ones who can think independently—leave. Your mediocre people stay because AI makes them passable. Within 18 months, nobody can function without the tool. The brain atrophies like a muscle. You’re not making people smarter—you’re making them dependent.
This is an excerpt. Read the full article on Forbes: Ethical Risks Of Scaling Enterprise GenAI (And How To Avoid Them).
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