Biographical Information
Daniel W. Rasmus is the founder of Serious Insights LLC, a boutique IT industry analysis firm. He is an affiliate instructor at the University of Washington, where he teaches scenario planning. Rasmus is the author of Empower Business With Generative AI, Listening to the Future, and Management by Design.
Articles by Daniel W. Rasmus
Vibe Coding: When Intent Becomes the Interface
27 Mar 2026
For the last 40 years, the history of enterprise software has been a history of translation. Business leaders had intent; engineers had the syntax. The gap between them was bridged by requirement documents, product managers, Jira tickets, and the inevitable friction of misinterpretation.
Moving to Agentic AI
29 Jan 2026
Intelligent agents are not new. In its April 15, 1995, issue, Datamation published my 1-3-year forecast. Agents, I predicted, would automate repetitive tasks, help with email, and coach us on managing time wisely. Sound familiar?
Evolving AI from Chatbots to Colleagues
23 Dec 2025
In his report from the field on the Enterprise AI World 2025 conference, Daniel Rasmus, Founder and Principal Analyst at Serious Insights, offers his assessment of the impact AI is having within the enterprise on real work not hype.
The Rise of GenAI and LLMs
10 Sep 2024
In 1950, Alan Turing suggested a test to determine if computers could mimic human intelligence well enough that an impartial observer could no longer tell the difference. We are still talking about the Turing Test almost 75 years after its inception.