That is backwards.
Office Space was based on real life corporate America.
It’s a documentary.
Whenever we say some work is going to be difficult and time consuming now, management reflexively ask if we can fix it with AI. It’s like an excitable little kid getting a bicycle for their birthday and wanting to do everything on their bicycle now, including eating, sleeping and homework.
Sounds so painful. We’re integrating AI right N now instead of doing what customers asked us to do or instead of fixing a ton of bugs we have.
I hate corporate
Being able to sell shares to other buyers really fucked things up.
It’s sad that the best most startups can hope for is to be bought by a giant corporation. Not a lot of people are interested in just having a successful long-term business.
Unfortunately improving existing products does not bring additional subscriptions / revenue 🤡
Unfortunately improving existing products does not bring additional subscriptions / revenue 🤡
I mean, it technically does, just not by next quarterly report, which seems to be all some organizations are capable of caring about, lately.
Line must go up
I actually want AI enhancements to many of the programs I use. I find them useful.
Now watch as I get tossed out the window.
The problem is that the areas us consumers would want it is not going to be place that companies put it. They’re gunning as hard as they can to monetize and minimize costs. Not what is most useful
“AI” is great for first drafts/seeing a different wording, and automating very tedious crap. For instance, I really like taking proposals I write, dropping them into ChatGPT and saying “write me a 200 word executive summary,” then taking whatever it spits out to start making my own.
“Co-pilot” is a great way of thinking about it. I have no idea if that actual product is any good, but I know when I started thinking of AI tools as kind of a copilot of sorts, it made a lot more sense to me. It illustrates the limitations as well. Though I’d say more it’s more accurately “assistant to the pilot.” If you take me out of the seat, it can’t drive the vehicle and everyone will be upset with the results
Too many companies are falling for the loudest marketing in the room when it comes to AI. They see a shiny, perfectly curated demo and go “huh that seems neat we should do it” regardless of its relevance. They’re looking for shiny features and add-ons. What they should be thinking about is the very tedious, particularly manual tasks that eat up an inordinate amount of their time on a weekly basis. The AI solutions they should be looking for are ones that reduced or eliminate those tasks.
AI can be very useful at saving time. Too many people are using it as a solution in search of a problem. I think the best application for AI involve our day-to-day work, not consumer facing solutions.
