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I’ve owned a business in the construction trade for a little over 8 years and just recently took an Ops Manger position in a union shop. Am I the only one thats surprised by the amount of ChatGPT that companies use these days. Instead of a phone call or an on-site meeting they send off a AI generated email. Is this our future?
 
I spent 5 years in trade school. My last year, most of my classmates used some form of AI to do their homework. Is this like our teachers telling us not to rely on a calculator because you won't always have a calculator around? I don't think so. I agree with the race to the bottom.
 
In the 80's computers were introduced and they did clerical work as instructed, for me this meant i dropped the mechanical pencil and logged on to AutoCAD.
The 90's allowed me to now send blueprints via email and the internet vs printing on velum and sending via US Post office.
Around 2010 Smart phones allowed that work to be accessed off-site, on the move. Didn't have to be in the office anymore.
AI Today (really started about 2020) can process more of the cognitive part of my role, vs just processing data that was input for a output.

The trick for anyone moving forward is building your soft skills, empathy, creativity and critical judgement (oversight, validation of what AI gives you) will make you most valuable.
Our lifetime has seen the fastest adaptation of technological revolutions than any other time in history IMHO.
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Sierra4x4 said:
I’ve owned a business in the construction trade for a little over 8 years and just recently took an Ops Manger position in a union shop. Am I the only one thats surprised by the amount of ChatGPT that companies use these days. Instead of a phone call or an on-site meeting they send off a AI generated email. Is this our future?
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If I detected someone responding with AI bullshit they would be scratched off my list immediately. Eff AI.
 
Crusty said:
In the 80's computers were introduced and they did clerical work as instructed, for me this meant i dropped the mechanical pencil and logged on to AutoCAD.
The 90's allowed me to now send blueprints via email and the internet vs printing on velum and sending via US Post office.
Around 2010 Smart phones allowed that work to be accessed off-site, on the move. Didn't have to be in the office anymore.
AI Today (really started about 2020) can process more of the cognitive part of my role, vs just processing data that was input for a output.

The trick for anyone moving forward is building your soft skills, empathy, creativity and critical judgement (oversight, validation of what AI gives you) will make you most valuable.
Our lifetime has seen the fastest adaptation of technological revolutions than any other time in history IMHO.
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I use AI everyday. For me, it's not a replacement but a tool. I work for a tech company and our entire system is built on it and we've done some pretty amazing things, but it is not a replacement for most people and positions. I will say our AI phone operators are some of the best I have ever come across and the power inside these are like none other. The flip side in managing security, AI is the devil. The criminal use of AI would make most people unplug and move off grid. I trust nothing knowing what I know.

It's almost like we've been conditioned to accept AI over the last decade of declining customer service and expectations. AI can miss the mark on service and people have socially programmed to accept it.

The big AI companies are releasing data showing that AI isn't as perfect as they first thought and is knowingly providing false and inaccurate information. Anthropic just released a statement that their next generation of AI cannot be released because it is too powerful and is bypassing safeguards.
 
I am trying to get on board, but not because I want to...it's out of necessity.
I work for Pinnacle-Exp as one of there Sr. Environmental and Experiential Designers. We get clients that come to us with an idea and we can tell it's AI generated. I just look at it think, not buildable and WAY out of their budget!!!!
For me I am finding it is a good idea and concept tool! That's it. I'm not going to AI some idea then head to engineering and say make this!!!
It is a tool...idea starter.
What I don't get is the email responding and communication aspect of it??? WTF, have people lost their ability to critically think???
 
It's a useful tool.

But it's a fucking tool. Companies that use it to completely replace humans will find themselves out of a job quickly. It takes a datacenter with a dedicated power plant to represent the processing power of 1 human that sits in a chair and consumes the equivalent of a lightbulb. That doesn't include the ability to create and reason, which AI still sorely lacks. With the ability to reasonably work from home reducing OH costs, the ability to work efficiently as a human has never been better...

Assuming you're willing to just shaddup do what your boss asks, that is. Have a suggestion or better way of doing it? I'm all ears. Want to gripe about it? Kindly piss off.
 
If you don't accept some aspect of it, you will be left behind. I use it for auditing and as a backup tool. IRS will be using it as well very soon, auditing your taxes.

I used it yesterday, I was struggling putting an Agenda together for a management meeting, I asked it for an example, and then I took it and redid it. But it got my mind going and it came out better. Basically, two people doing the job of one. All this is available internally with our company.
 
1HasBeen said:
If I detected someone responding with AI bullshit they would be scratched off my list immediately. Eff AI.
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I had an inspector want me to furnish a letter of how we planned on implementing our lock out tag out protocol. I sent over what I always send over a copy of our lock out tag out procedure with the jobs address. He rejected it was not going to release the meter and it would be days before I could resubmit to him because he was leaving on vacation.

In his response he wanted a few chapter and verses quoted and referenced . I could see this prick smiling as he was leaving for vacation knowing I was screwed.

In less than two minutes I had a three-page letter referencing all the chapters and verses with so much technical jargon nobody could understand. It was like a lawyer had written it. I got an immediate response to that. He said he didn't have time to read and comprehend the entire letter but it seemed like it would do.

Fuck yeah shut him down and all because of Co-Pilot or AI.

I know a salesperson who now must run all of his Emails to the Warehouse, Inside Salespeople and drivers thru AI before hitting send. Why because he can no longer yell and scream at them call them fucktards in emails when they screw up so he writes the nastiest email he wants, hits the AI button and it sanitizes the email for him.
 
our company just had our annual shareholder meeting. AI was a huge topic. the speaker said within 30 months all businesses would no longer have a "tech advantage" as AI levels that playing field. However personal relationships, customer service is what will still set the business apart.
We have a guy in our group, who is HORRIBLE at email, spelling, just everything. So when AI popped up on our emails, he started using it. It's actually hilarious. For weeks he would generate an email, run it thru AI, and it always started off with Dear (recipient), because he wasn't smart enough to read it, he just sent it. Well he sent it to company owners, vp's, all these business owners.
So AI is great if you know what your looking for, if not, you still look like an idiot lol.
The tech age is here in full force, there is so many options with tech, I can't comprehend half of what they are talking about on the first go around.
 
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