“Wash and repeat” headlines have recently become popular: “Big companies extol AI efficiency while laying off workers en masse.”
The name may change, but the purpose remains the same. Companies are facing internal demands to tighten their belts, coupled with pressure to demonstrate a competitive edge. For many, that means ramping up the use of AI while laying off staff deemed redundant, even though it’s still early days to judge AI’s capabilities and reliability.
In this episode of the InformationWeek Podcast, Winston Astrachan, CTO at Phobio, and Saurabh Gupta, CTO at GreyOrange, share their perspectives on finding the balance between AI efficiency and its impact on staffing.
They will discuss the core principles that guide the balance between humans and AI, including the following topics:
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Do they see AI as a means to eliminate jobs?
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Looking for new employees who are proficient in AI? and
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Are you concerned that over-reliance on AI could reduce the skills of your staff?
Later, Gupta and Astrakhan put their ideals into practice in a tabletop exercise of questionable ideas, confronting gremlins, goblins, and kobolds. ChatGPT is apparently obsessed with.
