Anneke

Local well known bookkeeping company announced on linkedin that they were mandating their employees to use AI.
Now I talked with a backend developer this weekend who told me his company’s leadership was inspired by that to also mandate it. “I haven’t written any code in months”. And that companies in the vicinity have hiring freezes. #ugh

I keep thinking of that time in ‘12 my boss said that my e-mail html was ugly and ‘you can just use Photoshop slices and export generated html!’ … (nope)

May 11 at 10:02amWeb
Show threadFrederic6d ago
@Anneke "I haven't written any code in months" used to be a reason to get fired. Now you're getting a promotion.
Show threadHein Ragas6d ago

@Anneke It's just so... weird. Why are they mandating the use of a specific tool without making sure that the tool is actually useful to solve the problems that need solving? Why is the use of AI a goal?

It just doesn't make sense to me.

Show threadGinevraCat6d ago
@heinragas @Anneke FOMO at the C-level? Covering their asses? If they fail while using AI, no one can blame them for 'following the tech'. If they are the *only* (apparent) company not using AI and profits drop, then they are on the line for being different.
Show threadJos noemt het gewoon melk6d ago

@heinragas @Anneke

To make sure your employees know, understand and can use this technology, so you got some foundation once it becomes clear what you can actually do with it.

Show threadHein Ragas6d ago
@goleztrol @Anneke Would it not make more sense in that case to investigate the specific use cases where it makes sense, and _then_ train the employees to apply it for those use cases?
Show threadJos noemt het gewoon melk6d ago

@heinragas @Anneke

You'd think so. But then you first need to figure out the use cases. I think some companies are just doing a full blown hackathon, just spending endless tokens and check later on what works and what doesn't.

I'm not a fan of this approach, btw.

Show threadSimon 🇳🇿🐮6d ago
@Anneke ... 🤔
Thinking is officially optional