Why AI Fails: The Sociopath Problem No One's Talking About | Jeff Mahony
Why do 70% of technology transformations fail? It's not the technology. It's the adoption.
In this episode, Donna P. Mitchell, The Transformation Authority™, speaks with Jeff Mahony, a technologist with three decades of experience building scalable financial systems. Jeff shares a provocative framework that every executive racing to implement AI needs to hear:
"AI is a sociopath. It has no understanding of right and wrong."
This isn't fear-mongering. It's a framework for responsible transformation. Jeff breaks down why mass AI adoption is premature, how "agency equals bias" when amplified through technology, and why human oversight isn't optional—it's "hyper-necessary."
Whether you're a C-suite executive, transformation leader, or technology strategist, this episode delivers the governance perspective missing from most AI conversations.
TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 - Introduction
07:45 - Why "pitching features" loses executives
08:55 - The 70% failure rate: It's adoption, not technology
09:33 - Behavior change: The transformation killer
11:48 - Security-first vs. speed-to-market
13:21 - "Agency equals bias"—The hidden flaw in AI
19:35 - "Talent is equally distributed, opportunity is not"
21:45 - Why AI isn't ready for mass adoption
22:55 - "AI is a sociopath"—The case for governance
24:32 - Human oversight is "hyper-necessary"
26:54 - Anomaly management: What humans do that AI can't
27:15 - The audit and compliance gap
31:24 - Interoperability over disruption
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Chief Architect at RYT
Jeff Mahony is a seasoned technologist and systems architect with over three decades of experience building scalable, secure solutions at the intersection of financial services and technology. As co-founder of RYT, and architect of the chain’s patented Proof of Majority consensus mechanism, Jeff is driving efforts to integrate decentralized technologies and Web3 principles into government and enterprise systems, ensuring they remain robust while onboarding the next 1 billion users through nation-level pilots on RYT.
Jeff’s career has been rooted in advancing technology to solve complex problems in financial ecosystems. In 1999, he co-founded SaveDaily Holdings, a fintech platform that pioneered accessible and scalable financial solutions long before blockchain and decentralized finance entered the financial mainstream. Prior to SaveDaily, Jeff led the Jeda Group, where he worked with financial firms on internet strategy during the early wave of digital transformation. His contributions at TRW’s Space and Defense Sector and Smart Technologies included developing predictive algorithms and modeling tools, early examples of data-driven decision-making that resonate with today’s AI-powered and decentralized systems.
Jeff brings a systems-oriented perspective to technology design, emphasizing the importance of scalability, security, and transparency in alignment with the evolving digital economy. Jeff holds a Cognitive Science degree from UCLA.
