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I work in this space. That this is considered a subset of "AI" is the biggest magic trick these RPA companies have pulled off. The worst part is that they prey
by ajcp 6y ago
I work in this space. That this is considered a subset of "AI" is the biggest magic trick these RPA companies have pulled off. The worst part is that they prey on the Business side of the corporate world by peddling of these as "Low-code" platforms where a business team can just "build bots". It is never. the case. Never.
- Spooky23 6y agoI did some work with this during the peak pandemic times to help automate workflows on legacy systems. It is bullshit that they sell the bots so hard but things like attended bots make it easier to train people or modernize front ends. A lot of times the cost of rewriting a big nasty mainframe app is too expensive. Cheaper to offshore those operations and put an api in front of it. Nobody wants to be the next headline for fubaring the DMV rewrite. End of the day, UiPath will end up part of some necrotic software collector firm like MicroFocus or OpenText.
- jkuria 6y ago"Business results are achieved by exploiting opportunity NOT by solving problems" :) -- Peter Drucker
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- mrkramer 6y agoBut every opportunity is unsolved problem.
- tootie 6y agoI've spent a lot of time in consulting and have been in and out of many giant enterprises. I've seen all the slick sales nonsense from Salesforce, Adobe, IBM, Tata etc. I've never once heard UIPath even be mentioned. Who are they selling to?
- ajcp 6y agoAny large to medium sized company with a backoffice cost-center, like a company that does X but has a huge finance department that needs to provide for it.