I’m in IT at an upper level and know painfully well what “AI” really is and that it’s not the disruptor people think it will be. However I feel like I can’t post it anywhere without being judged about it as almost every exec I know has bought into it hook, line and sinker. Even other people I talk to about the issues and limitations look at me like I’m completely weird “you’re in IT and you don’t embrace AI? wtf is wrong with you?”
So what do you all do? I don’t want to make things career limiting but I feel like I’m screaming in the dark seeing where things will really go. It reminds me a lot of the move to cloud and everyone going all in on it without knowing the real ramifications.
The biggest issue they should be worried about is the possibility of being sued for copyright infringement, because the AI regurgitated some of its training data. They should also be worried about the AI just being bad at doing everything and lowering productivity, but that’s less dangerous in my mind than the possibility of a massive lawsuit.
I run a company, but I don’t have employees yet. If I do hire engineers, AI will be 100% banned, and if I catch them using it, it will be grounds for immediate termination.
Upper management should worry about being replaced by AI. There’s nothing they do that AI couldn’t do better. Especially after there’s no one left to manage.
It’s not like they’re plumbers or electricians.