Only buying tools that are "AI"

With a special hidden feature, that when the time comes shots out straps and traps you in your chair, so that you are comfortable while watching the AI apocalypse

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QuietGoliath@reddit

Or it's Russian, and if you're really not working hard enough, it wheels you to the nearest window and ejects you...

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SillyPuttyGizmo@reddit

Depending where you live its on the to do list

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dogcmp6@reddit

Aeron AI edition.

Its the same as the regular Aeron, it just says AI and costs twice as much

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Waste_Monk@reddit

"Ass print identified. Welcome back, $user."

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The_NorthernLight@reddit

https://youtu.be/_ZFYO_pvlbs?si=5UmhC_K-TlOFbHvy

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Probably actually. There's already some furniture that's marketed as being "Designed by AI". I don't know why they think that's a positive though because to me that just says they couldn't be bothered to design it.

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A_Nerdy_Dad@reddit

Computer, wheel my ass into the kitchen!

Gets to see down the stairs

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Moontoya@reddit

Panasonic demo'd "Ku" in 2017 - a fridge that can follow you around or roll to you when called.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDTmK7gZhe8

(I swear by Uncle Murphy its not the/a rickroll)

yeah, nobody could possibly forsee any possible issues with that...

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Aromatic-Actuary1747@reddit

There have to be "AI-powered" sit/stand desks out there. I've seen screen protectors that claimed to be "optimized for AI".

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raffey_goode@reddit

I saw hand warmers on Amazon that they added "AI" onto the pictures of the product. almost like they're insinuating there is use of AI with them... but no mention in the product title or descriptions. Clearly, there is not any, they're literally just hand warmers. got me to click on the product though...

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Pisnaz@reddit

Those chairs go great with my AI powered pens an writing pads. In tandem the triple power of AI can at least quadruple the work of managers.

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InflationCold3591@reddit

Wait until you try my new AI powered toilets.

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Viharabiliben@reddit

Anal Intelligence

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thecravenone@reddit

This reminds me of the part of the WeWork story where Adam learns that he can call his real estate company "SAAS"

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Impossible-Value5126@reddit

Awesome

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KAugsburger@reddit

And the AI toilet. We can't have dumb toilets.

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weaver_of_cloth@reddit

actually, a toilet that could monitor for diseases or colon cancer would be pretty fantastic

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LesbianDykeEtc@reddit

That's just the Smart Pipe bit all over again.

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Gohan472@reddit

Herman Miller enters the chat. “Our new AI powered lumbar adjustment system is perfect to reduce spinal fatigue”

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0oWow@reddit

My new AI chair detects when I'm about to pass gas and sprays some freshener??

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A_Nerdy_Dad@reddit

My resume is AI powered.

But in this case it stands for Actual Intelligence.

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WolfOfAsgaard@reddit

A while back I saw some phone cases in a store that said "AI Ready" prominently on the packaging.

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Rhythm_Killer@reddit

Stop fucking talking already and take all my money

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Brandhor@reddit

is it compatible with the ai tootbrush?

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j2thebees@reddit

Where can you find a tool that’s not “AI-powered”?

Tech companies have bet the farm on it, and pushing it off on everyone is the only way to keep bloated valuation. Whether it’s actually profitable, having a billion people who were forced to use it looks good on the books.

I hate receiving a resume, email, or whatever with a bunch of AI fluff, but it has its uses in image/video processing.

Is your management personally heavily invested in AI? Or just like buzz words/trends?

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LatencyLurker@reddit

Well good every vendor’s marketing department has you covered with the upgraded AI version of their product..

So nothing will change

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SemiDiSole@reddit

5 bucks they don't know what AI even is and you can just keep going as normal, saying stuff like: "It uses the AI programming language of python or C++"

They won't understand, they won't question it and they will not really care later on either once it's established.

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DrWarlock@reddit

Yeah and everything now powers AI.

That nice exprensive sandwich you had at lunch is an AI assistant resource that enables and powers AI user computational efficiency.

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Cherveny2@reddit

guess then its good that most vendors are randomly slapping on an ai label on pretty much everything now. :)

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GardenWeasel67@reddit

/PHB

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InflationCold3591@reddit

My new AI adoption report is all about how open AI cannot possibly meet its profitability targets for this quarter which means they won’t be able to go public in the new year which means their stock will collapse which means every other AI companies stock will collapse and it’s all already over.

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FullOf_Bad_Ideas@reddit

If you're so confident in it, why not buy puts on Nvidia, Coreweave and Nebius?

I think AI is doing well and they will figure out revenue when they will need it. People are getting addicted to chatgpt now. If they will make it better than alternatives (and so far their models are good but products build on top of them are great), people will pay.

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InflationCold3591@reddit

Who’s to say I haven’t?

It is simply inevitable that this AI bubble is going to burst one day because while there may be a few legitimate use cases at the current state of the art none of them are going to create the kind of obscene profits that the venture capital that’s pumping the money into the AI research needs. Nothing that AI can currently do is going to produce 10 X profits much less the 200 X profits that AI companies keep promising.

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Viharabiliben@reddit

Your usage of AI will determine your ongoing employment.

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ReputationMindless32@reddit (OP)

You don’t know how close you are.

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GardenWeasel67@reddit

Oh I do, sadly.

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dustojnikhummer@reddit

How about those AI powered TPS reports?

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ncc74656m@reddit

"Hi ChatGPT, I need an AI adoption report."

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UpperAd5715@reddit

I really wonder what shitty patch of dirt they harvest managers like that from...

Our IT manager wouldnt say shit like this to start with and the company is risk averse enough that AI besides some copilot stuff in windows isnt allowed. Claude is allowed for programmers but they had to sign wavers to not spread company data through AI and such

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xangbar@reddit

We had a client ask us to scrub their data from copilot because they were uploading full spreadsheets of info into it for analysis after they were advised to stop using ChatGPT for it.

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UpperAd5715@reddit

God damn thats awful, is that even feasible? Never really had to consider scrubbing data before so i know jack shit about how you'd do that.

We have the copilot licenses with enterprise that are supposedly safe and don't get your data propagated to the main model but business is (rightfully) reluctant on doing so. Had the gal to ask our data guy if he could set up an inhouse LLM at low cost while he's already alone for what he has to do... Maybe HQ can dedicate some data guys to it he said and knowing how stingy HQ is on such stuff it died a silent death.

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Metalfreak82@reddit

We have the copilot licenses with enterprise that are supposedly safe and don't get your data propagated to the main model but business is (rightfully) reluctant on doing so.

In our country, all educational facilities together have conducted a research about this and the conclusion is that it's still adviced not to be used because usage of this model still can't guarantee that your data won't be passed through, even though Microsoft states that this is the case.

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FullOf_Bad_Ideas@reddit

Do you use SharePoint? Microsoft is indexing all of it with their embedding models to make copilot work, even if you don't use copilot. I don't get how you can buy into MS to hold all of your data and then suddenly their AI inference is the barrier where it's unsafe, even though you're still hitting services hosted by the same people who already have all of the documents of your and all other institutions, and they're all hosted on Azure.

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Moontoya@reddit

the bit most heavily composted with manure spreadings

shit rises from shit, after all

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Shadowwynd@reddit

The first thing I thought of was the cybernetically enhanced door doors from “hitchhikers guide to the galaxy”.

“Thank you for making a simple door very happy.

Thank you. Have a nice day.

It is my pleasure to open for you and my satisfaction to close again with the knowledge of a job well done.

Thank you for listening to this message.”

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Baselet@reddit

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH! I'm sorry for you.

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MeatPiston@reddit

Literally meaningless. There are no standards or certifications. Any vendor can, will, and already has slapped AI on to their marketing wank.

I could sell you a copy of DOS 6.22 and slap AI on the box and your boss would be none the wiser.

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pdp10@reddit

7.0 is the one with AI.

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spermcell@reddit

That’s what MBA people do these days

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dustinduse@reddit

Dear management, The bathrooms on the 4th floor are still closed due to issues with our new AI powered toilets. Please use the bathrooms on the 7th floor until such a time that the bathrooms are open again. Keep in mind, the AI powered elevators refuse to stop at the 7th floor so you’ll need to take the stairs.

Sincerely, The WFH guy.

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pdp10@reddit

AI powered elevators

Voice recognition technology? In a lift? In Scotland?

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dustinduse@reddit

Should update my post to say the 11th floor

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michaelpaoli@reddit

I really don't want or need an AI hammer that hallucinates.

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Enxer@reddit

I'm in renewal time with vendors now. All those that enabled AI are demanding 10, 15%+ hikes in renewal costs due to operation costs, I wonder why...

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michaelhbt@reddit

Time to adopt non-violent resistance.

Start using Adobe Illustrator for everything - compose your emails as an SVG file; All your excel reports now done directly as charts

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JealousRhubarb9@reddit

Ai powered toothbrush

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Metalfreak82@reddit

I have this one! Oral-B Genius X.

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ng128@reddit

Well we already have Bluetooth version that come with an app.

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JealousRhubarb9@reddit

Lol

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pawwoll@reddit

Nobody is that stupid. Period. Not in any business environment.

Nice ragebait mr AI bot.

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blackasthesky@reddit

Wtf

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DayFinancial8206@reddit

Rip your budget

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Professional_Ice_3@reddit

Hey Jerry, your in the wrong subreddit head over to r/ShittySysadmin because Jim and Karen ain't about to approve the budget for any proper compliance tools n shit.

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That-Acanthisitta572@reddit

So THAT'S why they've been putting "AI" in thermal paste, cushions, water bottles and dispensers!

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PtxDK@reddit

No programming allowed. ONLY Vibe Coding is allowed.

I think you should show them vibe coding and promote to only use that. After this change is introduced your productivity will be zero, and thus no reson to do any work anymore.

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PoolMotosBowling@reddit

Lucky for you, everyone claims to be AI driven right now. Should be easy.

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Fresh-Basket9174@reddit

Every tool can manifest as ai once it’s p”ai”d for. Seriously though, wtf?

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come_ere_duck@reddit

Honestly, at some point I think you need to educate these people on what AI really is and how it's more of a buzzword than an actual technology. Most of the AI people talk about are just helpful LLMs which is at best a glorified google search that you can have a conversation with.

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PotatoOfDestiny@reddit

an algorithm is like ai when you think about it, and all computer programs are algorithms, so

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pdp10@reddit

Best I can do is a version of grep powered by fuzzy logic.

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rankinrez@reddit

I just got a new AI screwdriver this morning.

It’s very nice to me and complimentary, fucking useless for screws though.

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techtornado@reddit

Hey now, sonic screwdrivers are cool

gif

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Acceptable-Bat-9577@reddit

You’re a Dr. Who fan in this sub but you defend men, women, and children being beaten and kidnapped in others. It’s too bad you didn’t learn more from The Doctor.

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Spartan117458@reddit

Wait, this isn't r/shittysysadmin?

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FeralSparky@reddit

I'm the IT at the corporate office that runs auto repair shops... my boss. The district manager has repeatedly entertained the idea of AI powered tools to help fix cars. I keep telling him that its not a good idea and will only end up with issues they wont be able to afford to get out from under but he just think's its the best thing since sliced bread.

Why pay for certified mechanics with years of experience when we can put all our faith on an AI chatbot giving super generic and probably completely wrong answers.

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nestersan@reddit

New York city's chat bit was telling restaurants it's ok to feed customers rat bitten food, so long as the mentioned it without issue. So I wish him well.

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TxTechnician@reddit

Got it, chat GPT wrapper is now integrated into everything I've made. It does one function, exist.

Oh, it's also all "in the cloud".

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Boolog@reddit

I'd start updating my resume if I were you.

Seems like a railroad to "we don't need IT, just use AI to solve the issues"

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phoenix823@reddit

Just do like the vendors do and lie.

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whiskeyandfries@reddit

I just don’t understand how places like this exist and stay alive..

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sybrwookie@reddit

The managers who pull this nonsense get a big bonus for what they did, then they jump ship before the shit hits the fan, and goes to the next place saying, "look at all these great buzzwords I got in place!"

And the old place gets the cleanup, and someone new comes in and goes, "don't worry everyone, I'll right that ship and clean up the nonsense from the last guy. It won't be cheap, but we'll get there!" and then they scale back benefits/bonuses/raises for everyone below the VP level, lay off a bunch of people, and get through it.

Then that guy goes, "alright, job done, gimmie my big payday" and he heads off, and now this shell of a company (because they didn't just lay people off, everyone good also left when all that stuff was cut down) hires the next guy who goes, "hey, don't you worry, we're gonna be aggressive and grow! And we're gonna BUZZWORD BUZZWORD BUZZWORD!!!"

And thus the cycle repeats.

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kremlingrasso@reddit

I do. Most of these companies have like one big cash cow customer or patent or something from like 10-15 years ago when they were lucky and had first-to-market advantage and were printing money for a fee good years without real competition. It takes a while for a company to get big enough that the bullshitters to rise to the top and replace the competent people who were there at the rapid acceleration years. Then idiocy like this will slowly run it to the ground until they loose that original big ticket and they go down the drain rapidly.

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night_filter@reddit

Most companies are run extremely poorly. How do the poorly run companies continue to exist? Their competition is also poorly run.

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ReptilianLaserbeam@reddit

buzzwords oriented management. Until they get hit with the invoice for token utilization XD

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AZdesertpir8@reddit

Just a matter of time. OP's management is exactly why AI is a huge bubble right now...

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n3t_admin@reddit

don't worry; they won't for long.

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night_filter@reddit

Is it possible that this “policy” is really an overstatement meant to force you to consider AI options?

Because saying “AI-powered” is already a bit vague, and it doesn’t necessarily mean anything good. I’d ask if, hypothetically, there’s a cheaper but high-quality solution that meets your needs without AI and one that’s expensive, poorly made, and not fit for purpose but has AI, do they really still want you to purchase the AI product?

Come up with a real-world example that can help you make the point if you can. I think it’s reasonable to dictate that AI functionality should be included in the selection criteria, but excluding all products that don’t have AI does not make sense. For example, does your web browser need AI built-in? Is it not enough that it can be used to visit AI websites?

And if you say yes, it needs AI built-in, are there specific AI features or functionality that it needs? Or do it just need to have AI mentioned in their marketing materials?

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Thirsty_Comment88@reddit

Get some AI management because the ones you have now are fucking morons

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CptBronzeBalls@reddit

What exactly are they trying to accomplish with that?

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LesbianDykeEtc@reddit

A bonus and promotion out of that position before the consequences catch up with them.

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Tx_Drewdad@reddit

I have the opposite rule. Anything with "AI" in the description gets moved to the bottom of the list.

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Itchy-Noise341@reddit

Well you're in luck because its hard to find a product that doesn't say something about AI at this point lol!

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sonicc_boom@reddit

Time to bring up AI-powered Management

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skiddily_biddily@reddit

Your organization has a management crisis. I recommend updating your resume and finding a better job before it crashes and burns.

Your management teams sees this strategy as a way to avoid losing talent and being stuck when the CEO’s nephew is not able to come in and do it cheaper and faster like they thought. They don’t want to be dependent on staff who have skills that they fail to understand, let alone appreciate or respect.

This is some Dilbert boss level decision making nonsense. So badly misguided.

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PaisleyComputer@reddit

We do the exact opposite. And I love it.

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landob@reddit

Nope. we buy whatever we feel fits the job best based on its capabilities.....

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anxiousinfotech@reddit

But if it's AI that means it fits the job best. Everyone running AI companies at massive unsustainable losses says so!

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FullPoet@reddit

Have you heard, they have AI powered bridges!

A good friend has one to sell...

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Moontoya@reddit

you laugh, but facial recognition / license plate / rfd tags to open doors, entry barriers (eg car parks) or secure access to building facilities (including elevators and skyways) are already partly in automations control.

A bridge that can open when a suitably large ship approaches - eg one of Bezos "Icannotbesexuallysatisifiedanymore" sized boats - is well within possibilities if not realities.

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ConsiderationDry9084@reddit

I am dreading the eventual AI controlled bridge getting taken out by an AI controlled Mega Yacht. Because this time line sucks, it will have a couple of buses of nuns and orphans on the bridge along with a class of Middle schoolers on the Boat learning about the wonders of modern engineering.

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Altusbc@reddit

This is what happens when companies believe the next big hype and start drinking the Kool-Aid

If offered, don't drink their Kool-aid. Instead, plan your escape from that company before it is too late.

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callout25@reddit

It doesn't really matter if you or I personally refuse the Kool-aid. The US economy, and by proxy every top company, has already swallowed gallons. At this point, AI needs constantly increasing infrastructure spending and adoption to keep the economy afloat. This is why business people like AI so much - they do not have a choice. Line must go up forever, and as history has shown us, nothing bad ever happens with this expectation.

Anyways, drink this Kool-Aid. We have stocks to pump.

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JerryRiceOfOhio2@reddit

do it

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forsurebros@reddit

Hey do you need a new screwdriver. This one is AI powered and will learn how you twist so when you twist it it recognizes that you are twisitng and will allow that to happen. Only 199 a screwdriver and 20 dollars a month for AI subscription to help tune the screwdriver.

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profburl@reddit

Any tool with an API, text output, or a database you can access can be AI powered, if needful...

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srekkas@reddit

Can HR hire people who are not dumber than AI too?

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The_Long_Blank_Stare@reddit

Management still believing that technology is going to fix personnel/process/policy/structural issues.

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rheureddit@reddit

Do you use a decision matrix system? Just weight "has AI" higher than usual in the process imo.

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ReputationMindless32@reddit (OP)

Not explicitly, but basically it worked like everywhere else: we had a problem to solve, so we picked the tool that was the simplest and fastest, and management didn’t really care as long as it cost tens of thousands, not hundreds. But now it’s supposed to work like this: when we need to solve a problem, we look at what’s on the market and are told to prefer tools with AI rather than those that actually solve the problem. In the end, we’ll probably still be able to justify non-AI tools if we explain it well (security, privacy, etc.), but it’s just another thing that makes the whole selection process more complicated.

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fizzlefist@reddit

Only select the most expensive AI options for presentation, and let manglement do their thing.

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AccurateArcherfish@reddit

I'd like to order 10,000 water bottles please.

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ashimbo@reddit

I think most tools have some AI features, and for those that don't, the sales people would probably be happy to create some AI-focused marketing info if you told them it would seal the deal.

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BleachedAndSalty@reddit

Yeah, there's a little of that vibe where i am too. Although for us it's more of "let's see if this AI stuff actually has some benefits, try out all the tools you can and report back"

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wwb_99@reddit

There was a time around 1999 when everything had to be internet enabled. The information superhighway was going to be hot.

There was a time around 2009 when everything had to be app enabled. Apparently there was going to be an app for that too.

Sometime in the last decade everything had to be cloud enabled, because it makes more sense to run the same program on someone else's computer.

Just nod and smile and keep buying the same shit with the new name.

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EquipLordBritish@reddit

Find vendor you like
Ask them to tack on useless AI alongside useful product
profit???

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iyute@reddit

This is a great article about how "AI" is being used to create and market malware. https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/25/i/evilai.html

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Coulomb-d@reddit

Look up training data pollution anthropic. Also very interesting

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Coulomb-d@reddit

Interesting question to probe ai sentiment 🙂‍↕️

Be smart, play dumb:

Jet brains Air table (database spreadsheet) Pro tail( log shipping ) Portrainer ( docker GUI) Aimp (ancient media player) And of course: Paint!

As you can see, this software has AI in it, sir.

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GullibleDetective@reddit

/r/shittysysadmin

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Hallucinogen78@reddit

my condolences... this is nuts.

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dlongwing@reddit

Thankfully easy to do in IT, since every manufacturer is making up nonsense claims about AI. Just tack on the latest press release from whatever company you're purchasing from.

If the company doesn't have one, then hey "Chat GPT, write me advertisement copy on how CompanyX is incorporating AI into their product."

There you go. AI powered.

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The_NorthernLight@reddit

Well, start updating your resume. Or, pick the software with the worst Ai’s you can find.

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billh492@reddit

Wonder what the plan is when the AI bubble pops and everyone finds out AI is not even going come close to doing all the things super salesman Sam says it will do.

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XxsrorrimxX@reddit

No more file explorer

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Noobmode@reddit

Get clarification are sure it’s not code for outsourcing, AI in my book usually ends up being “All Indopac”

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Noobmode@reddit

r/shittysysadmin was supposed to be satire not a roadmap for management

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1hamcakes@reddit

Man, it sounds like your executive room is full of fuckin' idiots.

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_haha_oh_wow_@reddit

Polish up that resume, write an e-mail cautioning against doing this to cover your ass in the meantime, buckle up, and start looking for a new job.

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RedGobboRebel@reddit

If their marketing only needs to say "AI-powered" I think you'll be fine. I'm hard pressed to think of anything that hasn't jumped on that marketing bandwagon regardless of the depth of actual AI integration. Anything that hasn't will use posts like yours as justification to add it to the marketing.

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TerrifiedRedneck@reddit

I have a manager who says similar shit.
I’m convinced he’s seen that “Say Hi, Gemini” ad one too many times and beats off while talking dirty to Siri.

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miscdebris1123@reddit

I mean, the intelligence on management is already artificial, so...

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McEnding98@reddit

Maybe you can like "exagerat?", tell them your new tool is somehow integrated into a different system that uses ai, or if it has any small function that is AI based, blow that out of proportion. Give them the reality they really want to hear and hope they don't investigate further.

Especially if it's somehow security related, it could be easy to handwave it in there.

Not sure that deception is the best appeoach here, but it iis an option.. lets just hope that craze fades like the previous.

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Frothyleet@reddit

The good news is that every product sales person right now has the inverse, where all products must be sold as "AI powered" regardless of what that actually means.

So if you have a new tool on the docket and uh-oh the sales brochure doesn't mention "AI-powered", they will be more than happy to rectify that for you.

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ManWithoutUsername@reddit

Anyone else dealing with this?

with stupidty? yes

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oxieg3n@reddit

Remind them if we keep giving AI all the power, they too will eventually be replaced by a better LLM

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PedroAsani@reddit

I have a hammer that was designed with AI hardware in mind, does that count?

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kennyj2011@reddit

But is it a Wi-fi capable hammer?

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karateninjazombie@reddit

It becomes a wireless hammer when you throw it at the luser....

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jeo123@reddit

It can receive wifi signals. Does that count?

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jedipiper@reddit

Well, enjoy your first few months as a goat farmer. I hope you are wildly successful.

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Bill_Guarnere@reddit

If there's a manager following this thread I have a question: is there a dumbass exham on university course that prepares people to work as managers?

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popeter45@reddit

Somebody is pushing for a c suite role I see

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maceion@reddit

That is daft. Does anyone use a pencil to take notes?

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Matt3d@reddit

Only if it is an AI pencil

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DeliBoy@reddit

Your sales reps are going to love this decision.

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Generico300@reddit

AKA "Our ownership and executives are heavily invested in AI companies."

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AugieKS@reddit

Every time anyone above me mentions AI, I remind them of or send them the MIT report that 95% of AI investment by business results in 0 return.

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DeepFakeMySoul@reddit

Is your manager AI powered? He sounds like a tool?

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shell_shocked_today@reddit

You should ask them to define what they mean by AI. That could be an interesting endeavor....

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moparmaniac78@reddit

No but don’t tell my CTO cause this sounds like something they would do.

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ReputationMindless32@reddit (OP)

This is came from the top management, we are just one branch in large holding.

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thewunderbar@reddit

This feels exactly like the dot com boom/bust from the early 2000's. The companies that survive will be the ones that understand the new technologies are tools, not that everything needs to be replaced with it.

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Lukage@reddit

Explicitly the opposite and that it CANNOT have this.

I've tried to nitpick this by having them define it, which they can't. I've even pointed out things like our mail filtering product's spam/phishing detection is a form of AI.

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mangeek@reddit

Is your company owned by a holding company, or have directors or investors on the board with AI holdings? I get the sense that CXOs are actually being forced to do things like this, often sending money to AI startups they have a stake in, just to push the bubble a little bigger and show revenue. Basically forcing your actually productive company to pay for your early-stage ones.

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ReputationMindless32@reddit (OP)

Probably not. We are just one branch of a large holding company, and this decision came from the holding management.

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gadget850@reddit

My AI screwdriver is now telling me how to change a laptop battery.

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NSA_Chatbot@reddit

"By integrating Co-pilot into our workflow, IT has given all employees AI tools."

Then suggest a raise, using Co-pilot's suggestions.

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ReptilianLaserbeam@reddit

this is kind of the approach we are going for. Disable all intrusive IA plugins/features in third party software, strong compliance policies so user's can't upload sensible data into non-approved LLM tools, and enforce the use of Copilot with agents.

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ReptilianLaserbeam@reddit

ha! the opposite, I keep getting requests to disable intrusive AI addins or features in any software that we use that is not copilot.

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tailwheel307@reddit

Now all your new access points have to be ai powered to support all your new ai systems. Do your Ethernet cables have to be ai powered?

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ludlology@reddit

oh your boss read a skymiles article eh

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jeo123@reddit

This means that tools that do not use AI should be excluded from the selection if there is an alternative with AI.

I think the simple answer is just find a reason to claim that the AI powered one isn't a suitable alternative.

We need a program that costs less than $500.

The AI one costs $500, the non-AI is $499.99. Would you look at that, no ai solutions meet our requirements, gotta go with non-ai.

Jokes aside, a company policy around data privacy would easily invalidate most of the AI tools given that they're likely to allow users to just upload sensitive data. You can't call it an Alternative with AI if the AI tool would expose you to liability and your policy "Don't do that!"

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cybersecurikitty@reddit

We are having the same conversations now - it's not a requirement per se but we're being pushed to look at more AI tools.

Thankfully every tool has some kind of AI BS built in so we're not really being cut off from anything.

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wscottwatson@reddit

Now I have retired, making sure not to buy software with any AI. This has meant dropping Window and all Microsoft products.

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AZdesertpir8@reddit

Entirely driven by the idea that it *must* be better if its AI... Its the same reason this whole thing is a big bubble...

Run!

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