AI Bolted Onto Old Systems = The New Lift-and-Shift

Drawing a parallel to the early Kubernetes 'lift-and-shift' mistake, this piece argues that bolting AI onto legacy systems without rethinking architecture or culture yields little to no benefit. Just as containerizing old apps without redesigning them failed to deliver Kubernetes' promised gains, treating AI as an add-on rather than a core part of how work gets done leads to disappointment.