AI is a bubble, just like dot-com
I do believe that AI is a bubble. I guess the question is: is it a crypto/NFT kind of bubble, or a dot-com kind of bubble?
LLMs reward expertise
Too many people who are pushing for LLMs and agents in a business environment seem to fail to understand that you can't replace expertise with them.
I feel many organisations will find this out too late.
The team is the product
A good take on something I've thought for a long time, and which is more important now than ever. The idea that a team of people is an unfortunate requirement to get stuff done is wild and short-sighted.
AI Mania Is Eviscerating Global Decision-Making — Ludicity
I feel this so much. I wish the people who need to read this would read this.
Don't Outsource Your Understanding
The article highlights the dangers of “cognitive surrender,” where individuals rely heavily on AI-generated content without proper verification. This phenomenon is evident in various fields, including law, software development, and academia, leading to errors, misinformation, and a lack of understanding. The author emphasises the importance of staying engaged in the cognitive loop, actively verifying AI outputs, and understanding the underlying processes to ensure the quality and reliability of work.
‘The cost of compute is far beyond the costs of the employees’: Nvidia exec says right now AI is more expensive than paying human workers | Fortune
Keep this up and squishy humans might end up being more cost effective.
The AI Great Leap Forward
Seeing AI rolled out in some places, with all the emphasis on adoption and use and zero talk of measuring results, and how this really concerns me and what might come of it... this reall hit home.
360 feedback: why it fails (and what actually works)
Lots of good quotes in here relating to how negative the 360 review process is; and I find myself nodding along to a lot of it.
Nobody Gets Promoted for Simplicity
Hard to ignore or argue with this one (not that I would want to argue with this one).
The problem with 360-degree performance reviews
I'm very suspicious of any form of peer review in a workplace context, and this article does a good job of outlining why I distrust it, and any leadership that decides to make use of it.
Fuck You I Quit (@fuckyouiquit) on Threads
Quote:
Stop making me justify my paycheck
I don't want a yearly performance review. I don't want to spend two hours filling out a form about my "top accomplishments" like I forgot what I worked on all year. You saw the work. You paid me. That was the agreement.
I also don't want to invent five ways I should magically do more next year for the same money. If I mess up, tell me when it happens. If I'm doing fine, stop asking me to write essays about it.
Let me just enjoy the holidays and leave me be!
Conflicts at Work
I'm not sure I quite agree with all the content here, but I do like the overall breakdown. Having worked with some very disagreeable people, and having worked with people in a leadership position who could not handle any form of disagreemnt (I should blog my startup experience one day...), this does hit a few points I recognise.
Team management tips: 10 ways to kill a team
Yup, I've been on the receiving end of some of these all too often.
On Basecamp (AKA Cringe-camp)
A rather well-done critical review of DHH's explanation of the anti-staff policy changes at Basecamp.
What really happened at Basecamp
Good background to the management meltdown at Basecamp.