Education Secretary mistakes computational cognition for condiments in technological catastrophe

  • Flax@feddit.uk
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    8 days ago

    Reminds me of a comment from some guy here talking about how the higher ups were pressuring him to integrate AI into their workflow when it wouldn’t help with the given job at all

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      8 days ago

      Reminds me of when the Apple iPad came out and the higher-ups at my employer wanted to know how to integrate iPads into things

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      8 days ago

      It’s because all the C-level execs are falling for the latest hype and want to jump on the buzzword bandwagon. AI isn’t a panacea, just like blockchain, the cloud, and microservices weren’t either.

      Profit is stifling innovation

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        8 days ago

        I mean, I can think of tonnes of good use cases for AI. None of which involve putting several buttons on WhatsApp to speak to a chatbot. Or having an AI chatbot on a pizza restaurant website.