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Mine likes to ask AI a one or two sentence question, have it spit out a 10 step plan, then forward it to us without context (not even his prompt). The subtext i
by al_borland 3mo ago
Mine likes to ask AI a one or two sentence question, have it spit out a 10 step plan, then forward it to us without context (not even his prompt). The subtext is, “do this.”
We read it, spend several hours trying to figure it out, because nothing makes sense in the context of the business. Finally, we bring him into the call to ask him what he’s thinking and what the prompt was, and then after we shoot holes in it he shrugs it off as, “just an idea.”
I have stopped reading his AI emails. I can’t be bothered anymore after the first two.
He also keeps asking us for ideas of how we can use AI in our work. Our job is to automate stuff so it happens the same way every time. Replacing something that’s already automated to produce a reliable and repeatable output doesn’t make sense. As far as I can tell, AI would make everything worse by increasing costs and opening the door for variability in a process that is supposed to be standardized. It’s just AI for the sake of AI.
In my last review, all I was told was I should use AI more, because usage is being tracked. I said I was using it, and that seems to appease him for the time being. So he didn’t look at the report, he just knows more AI == better.
I’d say it’s been negative overall.