Instead of focusing on augmenting existing teams and processes with AI, are we beginning to see more companies looking to replace teams with AI? Will economic pressure increase this likelihood?
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SHOW NOTES:
- CEOs choose more AI, fewer jobs
- OpenAI plots charging $20,000 per month for PhD-level Agents
- Why AI isn’t giving Salesforce a boost
- The one person $Billion dollar company
HUMAN-AUGMENTED vs HUMAN-REPLACEMENT IS A COMPLEX AI STRATEGY
- Most AI projects today as either augmenting or replacing humans
- Technology has augmented, shifted or replaced human tasks for a while, this isn’t anything new
- Management/owners have tried to replace workers with technology for a long time
- Pricing will tell you something about the goal of the technology (e.g. seat vs. task)
- Now we’re starting to see the psychology of aligning AI to business goals - augmenting, shifting or replacing
- The hyperbole of AI funding is to convey direct lines to AI success (whatever success is - AGI, No Coders, No Operations, No Entry-Level, etc..)
- “How do we replace the employees with AI?”
- The path to get there isn’t well defined. The politics to get there isn’t defined by technology.
- Will the current economic downturn accelerate this line of questioning / strategy?
- The Bed Bath and Beyond 20% coupon test.
- “The $billion dollar company with one employee.”
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