Kevin J. Magnan

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Insights on AI, public safety, and technology modernization

It’s Time to Place a Pascal’s Wager on AI

Reframing Pascal’s Wager for the age of agentic AI and the exponential climb in uninterrupted runtime.

From Brevity Bias to Context Intelligence

Stanford's ACE framework shows how ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini can evolve their own context instead of collapsing it. That capability is a critical shift for public safety systems that demand institutional memory.

The Age of Cheap Intelligence

The cost of intelligence is collapsing, and the winners in 2026 will be the teams that know how to route work across a mesh of specialized models rather than worship the single frontier model.

Standing at the Cliff: AI at the Edge of 2026

Two Webs, One Future: Humans, Robots, and the Internet's Split Personality

Exploring the emerging dual Internet: one version built for people, another built for machines, and why both matter for the future of web design.

The More Things Change, The More They Stay the Same: Why AI Context Engineering Has Brought Us Full Circle in the Public Sector

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Chicago Violence Reduction Dashboard

Public Safety Analytics & Strategy

Michigan State Police Public Facing Crime Dashboard

Michigan State Police Crime Dashboard

Public-Facing Crime Analytics

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About Me

I'm a Principal Consultant and Technology Lead at Slalom, where I co-lead our Justice and Public Safety industry. My work focuses on modernizing public sector services through data strategy, analytics, and AI—helping agencies navigate complex challenges with clarity, innovation, and purpose.

Before consulting, I served as a police officer, gaining first-hand experience in the operational and human challenges faced by law enforcement and justice agencies. That real-world perspective shaped my transition into data strategy and technology—where I've since worked as a researcher, analyst, and technical advisor for public sector stakeholders.

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