Microsoft argues that its AI automation will remove the boring bits of jobs instead of replacing jobs entirely.
This argument is such bullshit. As if Microsoft doesn’t know there exist jobs that are entirely “the boring bits”.
Short term yes; long term probably not. All the dipshit c-suites pushing the “AI” worker replacement initiatives are going to destroy their workforces and then realize that LLMs can’t actually reliably replace any of the workers they fired. And I love that for management.
and then realize that LLMs can’t actually reliably replace any of the workers they fired.
Depends on the job. Reliability is not really important to these companies. They can be imperfect and cost them money, but nowhere near as much as a human will cost them, and they’ll probably do the job better than the majority of them.
Short term? Sure.
Long term? Not a chance that equation works out favorably.
But then again, c-suites these days only seem to give a shit about short-term implications.
They’re gonna realize the two jobs it can actually replace is HR and the C suite.
Lol AI cannot replace either of those jobs. “I’m sorry I can’t help with your time off request but here is a gluten free recipe for a pie that feeds 30 people.”
I’d unironically like that recipe, please
Ingredients: 1 potato
Steps:
Cut into 30 prices and serve
And neither of those two groups will allow themselves to be replaced.