Cohere doesn't sell to individuals — it sells to companies. Its AI is embedded in enterprise tools, internal knowledge bases, and corporate workflows. When the dependency is built into the systems your entire organization uses, it's not a personal habit — it's an institutional one.
The organizational dependency
When a company integrates Cohere into its customer service, internal search, and knowledge management, removing it means rebuilding those systems from scratch. The switching cost isn't measured in individual behavior change but in organizational restructuring.
The skills impact
Enterprise AI affects employees differently than consumer AI affects individuals. When the company provides AI tools, using them isn't a choice — it's the job. Employees develop dependencies they didn't choose, for tools they didn't select, with consequences they may not fully understand.
When the company is the addict
Individual AI addiction is manageable — one person can decide to change. Organizational AI dependency involves budgets, contracts, workflows, and hundreds of people who've adapted their work to AI-assisted processes. The dependency is systemic, and so is the challenge of addressing it.
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