---
id: "quote-starting-line"
type: "quote"
source_timestamps: ["¶ 2"]
tags: ["executive-strategy", "ai-adoption"]
related: ["claim-ai-myopia", "contrarian-ai-is-not-the-end"]
speaker: "Amy Webb"
speakers: ["Amy Webb"]
quote: "You've built an incredible foundation, but this is just the starting line."
sources: ["futures"]
sourceVaultSlug: "hbr-seg-futures"
originDay: 2
articleStem: "hbr-foci-73-living-intelligence"
sourceUrl: "https://hbr.org/2025/01/why-living-intelligence-is-the-next-big-thing"
sourceTitle: "Why “Living Intelligence” Is the Next Big Thing"
---
# AI is just the starting line

> "You've built an incredible foundation, but this is just the starting line."
> — [[entity-amy-webb|Amy Webb]]

**Context:** The author's response to a **healthcare executive team** that was overly proud of their newly deployed LLM. It crystallizes the central thesis that current AI implementations are merely the *beginning* of a larger transformation — the argument formalized in [[claim-ai-myopia]] and [[contrarian-ai-is-not-the-end]].