AI in the Workplace

[Alan Whittle]

Those people who reject change because they fear that AI will replace them are right. Their fears will become self-prophesying as a refusal to upskill leads to a weaker skillset. Ultimately, those people will be replaced as more skilled workers enter the job market and take their positions. If people want to maintain and/or enhance their market value they need to stay relevant.

....Simon Jordan is with us this morning ladies and gentlemen.

 

[NorthernBlue]

Work in IT and our management overlords have just spent over a million on an AI application development tool. They hate how slow our developers are and think this tool will make development easy and solve everything.

 

[Tipp blue]

Some interesting if massively overstated potential but we're gonna create a generation that's sacked off thinking and I can't see that ending well.

Yea, there's already a significant amount of young people who have no idea how to read an analogue click, they've grown up with digital, the days of pub debates have also vanished, someone whips out their phone and it ends, i remember before phones having over an hour long, discussion/debate (argument may not be the right word) over whether Alfred Hitchcock directed "Juno and the Paycock" or not, we went home not even knowing who was right or wrong, try having that debate now. AI Technology while helpful in some situations isn't very helpful with our minds and this needs to be taken into account sooner rather than later, or as you said " I can't see that ending well".

 

[Bkk Andy]

A recent study from Stanford (https://stanforduniversity.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_4Mjwa0jWw2Pu3TE) found that people are often using GenAI to take intellectual shortcuts, thus giving them the appearance of greater efficiency. Unfortunately, a lot of the output is so bad that it requires more time to tidy it up than was saved in the first place. They also found reputational damage being caused, as colleagues tended to react negatively when a peer sent them AI-generated work, with this damaging their perceived competence and trustworthiness.

You do you though, obviously

Well I've tried and tested my particular use case over several months and shown a tangible value increase of 7 figures. We're also not sending to peers so the competence and trustworthiness issue is moot.

I've also mentioned that results still need to have QA done. It's not a button press and then leave. There are plenty of opportunities for AI to provide value if people test thoroughly. For transparency, I also have ongoing tests that aren't generating much value. Those tests will require intellectual inputs rather than shortcuts to improve results. It's a neverending process of improvement.

 

[Bkk Andy]

*I study AI in the workplace for a Swiss university. As context.

Cool, I'm sure there are lots of failed projects ongoing. People should embrace the failure and learn from it.

 

[Ray Purchase]

I spent over 30 years, office based, in a local authority.

Computer systems were replaced, on average, every couple of years.

New staff training required, and a complete installation of new tech.

Storerooms near ceiling high with 'old' monitors and keyboards.

I would NEVER suggest for one minute that someone was getting a back hander.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Well I've tried and tested my particular use case over several months and shown a tangible value increase of 7 figures. We're also not sending to peers so the competence and trustworthiness issue is moot.

I've also mentioned that results still need to have QA done. It's not a button press and then leave. There are plenty of opportunities for AI to provide value if people test thoroughly. For transparency, I also have ongoing tests that aren't generating much value. Those tests will require intellectual inputs rather than shortcuts to improve results. It's a neverending process of improvement.

What is your use case, out of interest?

 

[Bkk Andy]

What is your use case, out of interest?

Defending chargebacks is proving the most successful at present.

 

[FrenchDarrenBent]

They're excellent translating tools, and they excellently summarize large documents.
They've made me a lot more productive.

We'll need AI to be successful if we want a growing productivity in a world dominated by septuagenarians.

 

[Swartzy]

Those people who reject change because they fear that AI will replace them are right. Their fears will become self-prophesying as a refusal to upskill leads to a weaker skillset. Ultimately, those people will be replaced as more skilled workers enter the job market and take their positions. If people want to maintain and/or enhance their market value they need to stay relevant.

Are you really an AI converter programme, I'm worried about pressing the reply button to a computer generated poster..

 

[PITA]

The AI potential is really exciting. I use it daily for work and far from replacing me, it allows me to work more efficiently. AI will prevent the need to hire lots more people but even pre-AI I was always looking to streamline. I'm looking at minimal headcount growth but it won't create layoffs. If anything, my people will do things that create real value rather than spending time doing data entry and reading through long email chains. Their work experience should be enhanced as they do more worthwhile tasks. It's already generating significant tangible monetary benefits for my teams.

Use it and embrace it or you're right, it will replace you.

Sounds like this was written by ChatGPT.

 

[PITA]

I can understand it in a way as the internet/social media has made some people up their own arse, narcissistic and attention seeking addicts. Throw in the fact you can earn a few quid by being like that as well it will only get worse.

It’s the infants growing into this now, the next generations, big concerns there. Makes you wonder what things will be like in 20 years time. What we grew up in will be a fart in the wind.

Are you thinking what I'm thinking?

 

[PITA]

Well one of my teams has AB tested their tasks with and without AI over a 4 month period and with AI has made ~1m USD more than without. It's not a magic wand, and each one has it's own strengths and weaknesses, but there is undeniable value if used in the best areas.

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Looks like AI can't spell.

 

[Bkk Andy]

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Looks like AI can't spell.

AI is a fascinating topic right now. Thanks for your contribution to the topic...

 

[Swartzy]

AI is a fascinating topic right now. Thanks for your contribution to the topic...

I know this thread is a discussion of AI in the Workplace but it's not just the workplace, it's everywhere and it will become everything.

Take your mind away from your desktop, look at the world, look at your family, friends and everything that's still beautiful in this world.

AI will eventually be the end to all of that beauty, maybe not in our lifetime.
But AI in Workplace will be AI in everyday life..

Not a pretty sight..