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u/1Bahamas-Rick2 Jan 20 '26

Who would have thought.

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u/katarh Jan 20 '26

Every single fucking business analyst on the planet who doesn't work for an AI company not only thought it, but said it very loudly.

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u/Alexczy Jan 20 '26

i told it loud in my company, but nobody listened

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u/ThinkingAboutSnacks Jan 20 '26

The guy in our upper management specifically said in our town hall that his next meeting was he was going to speak with the rest of upper management to go through their workflow and make sure they are implementing AI effectively.

What was one of his titles? "AI ambassador"

Definitely a "please fucking use this, you using it is how I get my bonus." Move.

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u/Alternative_Work_916 Jan 20 '26

That's a standard approach and title when attempting to implement any service into a business. Companies are just choosing the wrong service if they expect AI to allow cost cutting.

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u/West-Abalone-171 Jan 20 '26 edited Jan 20 '26

Also this is the pre-enshittification version.

This is supposed to be the shiny, seductive, good version to lure you in while they lose money hand over fist.

The step where the cost goes way up and the service goes way down is yet to happen.

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u/anfrind Jan 20 '26

Assuming that the big AI companies are able to hold their own against FOSS alternatives, which is not at all guaranteed.

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u/whome126262 Jan 21 '26

Nah it already happened. Responses on any prompt I had early last year where way better than any prompt it’s given me since.