I was joking with someone that I’d actually prefer an AI manager, could that happen?
Posted by Impossible_Way7017@reddit | ExperiencedDevs | View on Reddit | 31 comments
Our org is big on AI, I recently implemented a script to summarize my commits and give an end of week update, I was thinking AI could be implemented for Product decisions and Jira Ticket management! You can argue requirements or need for a ticket easily with a bot. With connectors it’s also good at searching through notion, slack gdrive for context behind decisions and if it can’t find it posts it to slack for review.
Overall I feel it would be great for planning, understanding requirements and unblocking non technical blockers eg. X has suggested the content for
I feel like more and more devs need to take non technical aspects of the job to be successful, especially as EM and PM check out of their roles, or game the system via overwork. I hate the non technical aspects of the job, is there a way to grow AI in this domain?
nightzowl@reddit
An AI as a manager would be too cruel…..
Exciting_Presence533@reddit
AI can do anything this days.
The quality compared with human brain today is: better than a novice, but worse than an expert.
Perhaps this will be the end of management, and only directors shall survive idk seems a bit far fetched
PsychologicalDog9831@reddit
If you and your team want to gain all the responsibility of your managers you sure can try to replace them with AI.
Impossible_Way7017@reddit (OP)
With QA out of the picture, Devs now have all the responsibility, and take all the shit, if we’re lucky we might get thrown a bone of credit in a nice #kudos post.
BorderKeeper@reddit
Talk to you manager on what they actually do. This might work in your particular use-case (I doubt it), but probably would not in 99% of companies out there.
Do you expect the AI to mediate requirements, alignment, and team direction between customers/higher leadership and the team? Do you expect the AI to help grow the team members, make sure tech debt is not piling up, team members are happy in their roles, and facilitate good functional working environment? I could be going on and on here. What you are describing feels more like:
That one might work, but I think you might be still setting too high of a bar for an AI, but that is just my opinion.
Impossible_Way7017@reddit (OP)
Must be nice to have a manager that does that. Mine basically says, do the thing and is the thing ready?
If there’s any problems it’s on me to find someone to help resolve it. After about 2 years I’ve figured out everyone I need to talk to so my manager is just a gatekeeper at this point.
martinomon@reddit
Probably easier to get a new human manager than replace them with AI
Impossible_Way7017@reddit (OP)
Not really my call though is it…
martinomon@reddit
Maybe time to optimize your resume with AI and see what’s out there
Impossible_Way7017@reddit (OP)
Nah I just gotta wait for the next corporate reorg
Ciff_@reddit
Neither is though is it
BorderKeeper@reddit
If I do a job so lazily one day my colleagues start thinking of replacing me with AI that would be the day to lock the keyboard up and go start a farming business :D Good luck with your "manager" hopefully you can land a proper job with functional teams.
higeorge13@reddit
If all these are hard to replace with ai, it would be insane to replace devs with ai then.
kobumaister@reddit
AI is not better than a good manager. For example, it will apply the company guidelines very strictly. I, as manager, allow certain things if the persona has a good performance.
Crazy-Platypus6395@reddit
This, the actual way this will work is upper management will decide the guardrails and what is and isn't acceptable, not the devs under the supposed manager. People keep forgetting that these LLMs are a good profiling algorithm for something that already exists, but are terrible at things like compassion, long term goal strategizing, etc etc. It would frankly he a nightmare of you introduce an ounce of pessimism into the picture.
Impossible_Way7017@reddit (OP)
I don’t disagree, I just feel like good manager are rare.
Abangranga@reddit
Enjoy hallucinations in your reviews
PhilWheat@reddit
So, no change from current status?
Ciff_@reddit
But now you get to point out the review was wrong, and get a submissive affirming reply such as "you are right I am sorry" only to get it followed up by "here is your exact same review again". So there is that.
hippydipster@reddit
Has anyone tried having AI with MCP prioritize their unwieldy backlog? I wonder if that could be a real win for a product owner. Humans are really terrible at this task. So terrible, in fact, I've never seen it accomplished in 30 years.
ooter37@reddit
I think AI really only replaces jobs that are kind of useless to begin with. So yes.
count_____duckula@reddit
My thesis was on task decomposition and distributed ledgers for management. You'd be surprised how much you can dump on a machine if everyone agree on how state changes are arbitrated, but even the best AI can't handle the folly of men
Use the process you suggested with AI before submitting and add context from what you've brainstormed.
nio_rad@reddit
management is a 100x better match for AI than Dev!
Fyren-1131@reddit
I don't think you really want what you are asking for. I sure know I wouldn't :D
SokeiKodora@reddit
OP, this! Look up the short novel Manna by Marshall Brain, the entire story can be found online for free. It's a fascinating "what if" into this very thing.
OutOfLuckCucumber@reddit
I wonder if we can train the AI manager to actually hear out the employees like we use chatgpt as our therapist 😂
valence_engineer@reddit
So you'd basically like a sociopath as your manager? Interesting life choice. I mean you could join Amazon and get the same experience right now.
sd2528@reddit
Should I pitch the idea to my boss to have AI replace him?
Management is probably and excellent use case for AI, but for some reason I don't think managers will opt for AI management.
rafadc@reddit
There will come.
We will have an ai surveillance platform that will be sold as a "manager"
higeorge13@reddit
Probably the best use case for genai.
Crazy-Platypus6395@reddit
Sure, you could. Literally embracing your AI overlords at that point.