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by peab 25 days ago
AI is the most important, impactful and disruptive technology of today. It makes sense to be talking about it.
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And yet, some of the most important questions that come up with technology is which one should I use, how much does it cost, what are the best practices, what serious risks should I look out for, and that sort of thing. With generative LLms we are being told use the latest, or maybe the full super intelligence expected in a few months, pay whatever, best practices are just emerging but focus on not using it too much and avoiding overload, and the risks are seriously deteriorated skills and focus which don't matter anymore anyway. And while these critical questions lack compelling answers people are seeing kids who can't answer basic questions or think things through, data centers causing massive complications, and theft of intellectual property on a grand scale. Instead we go over and over about what you can do with this technology and what human employees are good for anyway.
... and so was the Big Data! (Remember 3xVs of it? I do – but most people who made a serial promos out of it don't. AI will have its winter. Again. Another one. Soon.)
Nah, that you could ignore it, I did.

There were no mandatory trainings and KPIs to measure how well we were using a tool that ultimately will replace us.

If anything it feels like forced offshoring and doing competence transfer to the team that is going to take your job, I have been there a few times.

let's be real. this AI wave is nothing like "big data"