Another lackluster article with a number of assertions with AI in the headline to drive clicks.
From the article...
> "Jobs are being eliminated within the IT function which are routine and mundane, such as reporting, clerical administration,” Janulaitis said. “As they start looking at AI, they’re also looking at reducing the number of programmers, systems designers, hoping that AI is going to be able to provide them some value and have a good rate of return.”
Hoping... - I think this is where "leaders" are showcasing their ignorance. They're being sold a bill of goods that, truly, doesn't exist at the levels they think it does.
Now, on the flip side, the first part of the paragraph above seems plausible. However, these mundane tasks have been able to have been automated for a long time. It's just that it wasn't en vogue.
Reducing the roles outlined will truly lead to shittier outcomes for these companies and I hope the ones that are diving head first end up paying the price as it showcases, not their efficiencies but their ignorance.
AI has a few great use cases. Replacing IT folks who are skilled and can think on their feet are not a prime target for AI.
Like any new productivity tool, the people in charge of money are hoping that it makes people so much more productive that they can have one person do the job of several
This still does replace workers in the end. It doesn't really matter if you lose your job to an autonomous AI or you lose your job because someone else is using an AI to do your job and theirs
I don't personally believe AI makes people this much more productive, but clearly people in charge of headcount are thinking it is
Which is really funny because a lot of the times businesses don't adopt new programming frameworks until the rest of the industry has tried and tested it, but it seems people are treating AI like if its a worker, when its closer to Adderall for developers if used right.
From the article...
> "Jobs are being eliminated within the IT function which are routine and mundane, such as reporting, clerical administration,” Janulaitis said. “As they start looking at AI, they’re also looking at reducing the number of programmers, systems designers, hoping that AI is going to be able to provide them some value and have a good rate of return.”
Hoping... - I think this is where "leaders" are showcasing their ignorance. They're being sold a bill of goods that, truly, doesn't exist at the levels they think it does.
Now, on the flip side, the first part of the paragraph above seems plausible. However, these mundane tasks have been able to have been automated for a long time. It's just that it wasn't en vogue.
Reducing the roles outlined will truly lead to shittier outcomes for these companies and I hope the ones that are diving head first end up paying the price as it showcases, not their efficiencies but their ignorance.
AI has a few great use cases. Replacing IT folks who are skilled and can think on their feet are not a prime target for AI.