# AI Adoption Moves by a Clock Not a Calendar by Katrina Mulligan > "My ask of you today is to be open to updating your thinking on this technology. And in particular, I want you to be open to the fact that the pace of this technology is being measured by a clock, not a calendar." > **— Katrina Mulligan**, *May 20, 2025, GEOINT Symposium 2025 Day Two Recap* ## Sources and Context - **Direct official source and complete contiguous wording:** [GEOINT Symposium 2025 Day Two Recap](https://usgif.org/geoint-symposium-2025-day-two-recap/) — USGIF recorded Mulligan's public keynote to a specialized geospatial-intelligence audience. - **Routing classification:** CT-enabling conference discourse. This label describes the quotation's relationship to the counterterrorism technology stack; it does not alter the speaker's wording or claim that every cited system has a direct counterterrorism mission. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and the Intelligence Environment|Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and the Intelligence Environment]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Simple Reminders|Simple Reminders]] - **Article:** [[articles/A History of Machine Intelligence|A History of Machine Intelligence]] - **Article:** [[articles/Cognitive-Cyber Warfare Measures and Countermeasures|Cognitive-Cyber Warfare Measures and Countermeasures]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Machine-Speed Intelligence|Machine-Speed Intelligence]] - [[wiki/Public Intelligence Technology Discourse|Public Intelligence Technology Discourse]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "My ask of you today is to be open to updating your thinking on this technology. And in particular, I want you to be open to the fact that the pace of this technology is being measured by a clock, not a calendar." — Katrina Mulligan, May 20, 2025, GEOINT Symposium 2025 Day Two Recap https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-ct-architecture-ai-adoption-moves-by-a-clock-not-a-calendar ```