Re: [PLUG] Cloud Hype Hits Reality?

On Wed, Sep 4, 2024, 21:10 Casey Bralla via plug <plug@lists.phillylinux.org> wrote:

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Stay tuned for the big story of 2026: "AI Doesn't seem to help as much
as was expected. Billions invested have not paid off."

Oh, some are already starting to see the signs of this.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/bryanrobinson/2024/07/23/employees-report-ai-increased-workload/

(Study summary source link is broken in article, should be https://investors.upwork.com/news-releases/news-release-details/upwork-study-finds-employee-workloads-rising-despite-increased-c)

It's a study from Upwork; there's a heavy pro-freelancer bias in conclusions, but some select quotes:

> Despite 96% of C-suite leaders expressing high expectations that AI will enhance productivity, 77% of employees using AI say these tools have added to their workload, and nearly half (47%) of employees using AI report they do not know how to achieve the expected productivity gains ... 81% of global C-suite leaders acknowledge they have increased demands on their workers in the past year.

> 96% of C-suite leaders expect the use of AI tools to increase their company’s overall productivity levels ... Employees report spending more time reviewing or moderating AI-generated content (39%), investing more time learning how to use these tools (23%), and being asked to do more work as a direct result of AI (21%).

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