In the 1950s, the washing machine promised women more free time. By the 1970s, they were doing more laundry than before. AI is running the same play. Faster.
Oh I noticed! I noticed that I start getting slightly grumpy because I need to review so many lines of AI code when I only send couple to ask it to generate a plan then execute it. There are too many lines to review after I returned from a coffee break. And reviewing sometimes is not fun because you don't understand what it is doing, and you need to first learn what it is doing, googling concepts, patterns of algorithms. Some of it I can't care enough and honestly would prefer someone else make the call.
I never understood how the market sometimes think that "1-person unicorn" company could ever existed. When someone in you human-filled company make a mistake, sometimes you can fire them or you can make sure to warn them and have them own the mistakes. But with AI, you can't, all burden is on you. That cognitive load is simply too much: reviewing in detail and owning the responsibility completely in every aspect of a business.
Hah I get that! I get mad when it screws up and doesn’t remember something or makes the same mistake over and over and you realize no amount of yelling changes a think.
I won’t even remember if I yelled the next time I open up the terminal.
Of course work will expand and quality will decrease because the media that holds everything else in suspension around people hasn't changed, ie. the prevailing ways and means of leading and managing. It has an overwhelming effect on the culture and signals sent to staff.
Change the system of management and suddenly AI gains look very different...
This is fascinating! I think on some level we kind of know it, but also don't accept it. I had no idea the washing machine actually didn't help all that much! The feeling of ownership in work is just a tricky one to navigate with AI and the line can seem really blurry - particularly with FOMO and feeling like if we don't have a 28 agents running all things we're not going to be able to compete.
Oh I noticed! I noticed that I start getting slightly grumpy because I need to review so many lines of AI code when I only send couple to ask it to generate a plan then execute it. There are too many lines to review after I returned from a coffee break. And reviewing sometimes is not fun because you don't understand what it is doing, and you need to first learn what it is doing, googling concepts, patterns of algorithms. Some of it I can't care enough and honestly would prefer someone else make the call.
I never understood how the market sometimes think that "1-person unicorn" company could ever existed. When someone in you human-filled company make a mistake, sometimes you can fire them or you can make sure to warn them and have them own the mistakes. But with AI, you can't, all burden is on you. That cognitive load is simply too much: reviewing in detail and owning the responsibility completely in every aspect of a business.
Hah I get that! I get mad when it screws up and doesn’t remember something or makes the same mistake over and over and you realize no amount of yelling changes a think.
I won’t even remember if I yelled the next time I open up the terminal.
Parkinson's Law FTW. 🥳
Of course work will expand and quality will decrease because the media that holds everything else in suspension around people hasn't changed, ie. the prevailing ways and means of leading and managing. It has an overwhelming effect on the culture and signals sent to staff.
Change the system of management and suddenly AI gains look very different...
This is fascinating! I think on some level we kind of know it, but also don't accept it. I had no idea the washing machine actually didn't help all that much! The feeling of ownership in work is just a tricky one to navigate with AI and the line can seem really blurry - particularly with FOMO and feeling like if we don't have a 28 agents running all things we're not going to be able to compete.