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CEOs Say AI Is Making Work More Efficient. Employees Tell a Different Story

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by happymellon

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Most of the time large corporate CEOs appear to be just magic 8 balls, making decisions to ensure that the company doesn't end up with decision paralysis. AI reduces the amount they have to read before saying yes/no, so of course it makes their lives more efficient. Most of the time it doesn't even matter if they choose yes or no. Just that they pick something.

by elp

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I think the real issue is that its still in its painful growth stage and we have a way to go until we will start to understand better where its good and where its a disaster.
I have a co-worker who is really good at herding agents. I've seen him do work in an afternoon what would take more than two weeks without AI, but some of his other work ends up being so bad the rest of us want to string him up by his thumbs.
Its impossible to tell from just looking before hand what the result will be.

by general1465

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If I would get suckered into paying lot of money for AI, I would definitelly try to convince myself that the AI is working.

by avidiax

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I would say that AI has not saved me any time as a developer. What is has done is allowed me to increase scope by doing tasks like documentation and prototyping/experimentation that I would not have found time for otherwise.
Saying that the AI saves time is like saying that a printer saves paper.

by elp

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by wasmainiac

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by YoungX

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The pain of using AI is only temporary—once you get the hang of it, your efficiency will improve significantly