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Whenever an org says it wants to use ‘AI’ for a better customer experience, it is almost certainly lying.
Customers are not clamoring for shitty chat bots that extend the time to get to a real human. Customers are not asking for LLM-authored SEO-driven FAQ pages. Customers are not asking for yet more hero images of people with extra fingers.
The org is likely only interested in using ‘AI’ to reduce effort, save money, cut staff.
Part of why tech workers at huge orgs like this need a union:
Being compelled to relocate to a forced birthing state is violent as hell
So much more to collective power than just getting paid
https://www.theverge.com/2024/1/14/24037904/apple-san-diego-siri-ai-team-relocating
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See, Apple? It really isn’t that hard.
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