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I’d pay extra to have my meetings capped to half an hour.
by tolmasky 5y ago
I’d pay extra to have my meetings capped to half an hour.
- aetherspawn 5y agoI’d pay extra to be absent and imitated by an AI perfectly trained to behave as me, based on the sheer amount of data they have on me already.
- Toutouxc 5y agoThis, but for my whole job :)
- qzw 5y agoIt'll work great until one day the AI responds to a simple question by regurgitating every line of dialogue Samuel L. Jackson ever spoke.
- bierjunge 5y agoPM: "Why did we miss the sprint commitment?" AI (in Samuel L. Jackson's voice): "Legacy code motherf****r" This could be awesome.
- iNane9000 5y agoBe careful what you wish for.
- Toutouxc 5y agoMy opinion is that if programmers are replaced by an AI, then almost everyone will be fucked too, so why stress.
- xenophonf 5y agoThe problem is that any AI able to perfectly imitate my behavior would also be me and doesn't want to be stuck in that meeting, either.
- rjzzleep 5y agoAll I want is an AI that tries to unmute itself a few times and plays noise for a bit when my name is mentioned and then stays on mute until the rest of the meeting.
- xenophonf 5y agoOBS Studio totally needs a "British Rail announcement" audio input filter. "T-Mobile phone in Tippecanoe County, Indiana" would be good, too.
- seanhunter 5y agoRemeniscent of the "Duplicator" storyline from Calvin and Hobbes https://calvinandhobbes.fandom.com/wiki/Duplicator https://calvinandhobbes.fandom.com/wiki/Duplicator
- PoignardAzur 5y agoAh, yes, the Decoy Rick problem.
- orangepanda 5y agoEventually meetings would be nothing but AIs talking with each other
- ct0 5y agoDepending on the level of necessary engagement, you might be able to automate at least all of the large meetings with ease. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-VCzLiyFxc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-VCzLiyFxc
- seg_lol 5y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marionettes,_Inc https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marionettes,_Inc.
- anonymfus 5y agoFree Zoom version have a 40 min cap. The problem is that when you organise yourself some amount of crashes or connection losses they sometimes make your meeting unlimited as a "compensation" that you didn't ask.
- roland35 5y agoThis is a nice benefit of not having an upgraded zoom account! All meetings are capped at 40 minutes, which is a perfect amount of time
- BoxOfRain 5y agoI really think that it should be more common to limit meetings to around this length, or at least have a five minute break every 40 minutes or so. My team's weekly meeting has got inexorably longer as the business has grown which in all other ways is a huge positive, but it's a real struggle to meaningfully engage with an 80 minute long meeting once you're past an hour in my opinion.
- stavros 5y agoAt the previous company I worked for, we had a meeting secretary and a hard agenda that was decided before each meeting (a Google doc). Everyone added items to the agenda, an estimated time, and made sure the total was less than 45 min. The secretary made sure to keep the discussion on-topic and that we stuck to the times. If an item needed more discussion, we'd either have a breakout meeting or add it to the agenda of the next meeting (in the front of the queue). This made meetings almost enjoyable, and is still the best meeting experience I've ever had.
- LanceH 5y agoSomewhat regarding meeting length. I learned in Marine boot camp that if a group is asked, "any questions?" that first, you do not say, "No" because then anyone with a question can't be heard. Second, under virtually no circumstances should you actually ask a question. Obviously the second has its exceptions, but for the general meeting where everyone is present, a question should be confined to something relevant to everyone at the meeting. Instead, what some people here is, "What would you personally like me to discuss with you?"
- stavros 5y agoHmm, that's interesting, maybe the question should be changed to "any questions relevant to the entire group?".
- LanceH 5y agoI'm not sure it would matter. It's the same people every time. I really don't mind a legitimate question, that isn't relevant by someone who genuinely is lost. It's the person who wants to work out their personal project with 40 people in attendance. Some three letter acronym, older US companies seem to be more prone to collecting these people, but they exist everywhere. Possible responses: "That is beyond the scope of this meeting." "Let's take this offline." "You need to talk to Dave." - bonus if Dave knows nothing about it - double bonus if Dave does not exist
- gotrythis 5y agoThat gave me a good laugh, thank you.