▲ 543 ▼ Shopify CEO says employees' 'slop grenades' are making more work for everyone else (fortune.com) submitted 6 days ago by Mustachius_Grumpius@thelemmy.club to c/technology@lemmy.world 110 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 48 points 6 days ago (6 children) Lmao I am living this right now at work 🥲 permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] PattyMcB@lemmy.world 36 points 6 days ago (5 children) Yep. We have a guy on the team who generates document after document for us to review and it's all slop that he has no understanding of (not that anyone could understand the mostly nonsense) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] Kissaki@feddit.org 6 points 6 days ago (4 children) Did you not get to reject all of that yet? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] PattyMcB@lemmy.world 7 points 5 days ago (2 children) I wish. Our company is still at the "you must adopt and use AI" phase. I'm looking forward to the "Holy fuck that's expensive! Be careful of your usage" phase permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Monument@piefed.world 13 points 5 days ago My org saw AI as a threat and immediately banned it (blocking websites and restricting features in apps) until our IT folks could evaluate it and implement safeguards. Incidentally, they missed the window when vendors were more or less offering it for free. Now any AI solution doesn’t just have to be vetted against our security and privacy needs, but most likely requires a darn good business case, RFP’s, quotes, and contracts. It never became a part of the culture here, much to our benefit. permalink fedilink source parent [–] jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.works 5 points 5 days ago We passed the "Holy fuck that's expensive!" phase a few months ago and have moved on to the "Use AI for everything but don't actually do that just use it for some things why [didn't/did] you use AI for that we can't afford the [additional time/Azure bill] hahahahahahahaha." phase. Swap the values in brackets at random on any given day. permalink fedilink source parent [–] benjirenji@slrpnk.net 2 points 6 days ago This is also what I don't get. At worst people start ignoring the documents or requests for review (or code changes) because they have better things to do than review generated text. At best you push back. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] PattyMcB@lemmy.world 36 points 6 days ago (5 children) Yep. We have a guy on the team who generates document after document for us to review and it's all slop that he has no understanding of (not that anyone could understand the mostly nonsense) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] Kissaki@feddit.org 6 points 6 days ago (4 children) Did you not get to reject all of that yet? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] PattyMcB@lemmy.world 7 points 5 days ago (2 children) I wish. Our company is still at the "you must adopt and use AI" phase. I'm looking forward to the "Holy fuck that's expensive! Be careful of your usage" phase permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Monument@piefed.world 13 points 5 days ago My org saw AI as a threat and immediately banned it (blocking websites and restricting features in apps) until our IT folks could evaluate it and implement safeguards. Incidentally, they missed the window when vendors were more or less offering it for free. Now any AI solution doesn’t just have to be vetted against our security and privacy needs, but most likely requires a darn good business case, RFP’s, quotes, and contracts. It never became a part of the culture here, much to our benefit. permalink fedilink source parent [–] jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.works 5 points 5 days ago We passed the "Holy fuck that's expensive!" phase a few months ago and have moved on to the "Use AI for everything but don't actually do that just use it for some things why [didn't/did] you use AI for that we can't afford the [additional time/Azure bill] hahahahahahahaha." phase. Swap the values in brackets at random on any given day. permalink fedilink source parent [–] benjirenji@slrpnk.net 2 points 6 days ago This is also what I don't get. At worst people start ignoring the documents or requests for review (or code changes) because they have better things to do than review generated text. At best you push back. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Kissaki@feddit.org 6 points 6 days ago (4 children) Did you not get to reject all of that yet? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] PattyMcB@lemmy.world 7 points 5 days ago (2 children) I wish. Our company is still at the "you must adopt and use AI" phase. I'm looking forward to the "Holy fuck that's expensive! Be careful of your usage" phase permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Monument@piefed.world 13 points 5 days ago My org saw AI as a threat and immediately banned it (blocking websites and restricting features in apps) until our IT folks could evaluate it and implement safeguards. Incidentally, they missed the window when vendors were more or less offering it for free. Now any AI solution doesn’t just have to be vetted against our security and privacy needs, but most likely requires a darn good business case, RFP’s, quotes, and contracts. It never became a part of the culture here, much to our benefit. permalink fedilink source parent [–] jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.works 5 points 5 days ago We passed the "Holy fuck that's expensive!" phase a few months ago and have moved on to the "Use AI for everything but don't actually do that just use it for some things why [didn't/did] you use AI for that we can't afford the [additional time/Azure bill] hahahahahahahaha." phase. Swap the values in brackets at random on any given day. permalink fedilink source parent [–] benjirenji@slrpnk.net 2 points 6 days ago This is also what I don't get. At worst people start ignoring the documents or requests for review (or code changes) because they have better things to do than review generated text. At best you push back. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] PattyMcB@lemmy.world 7 points 5 days ago (2 children) I wish. Our company is still at the "you must adopt and use AI" phase. I'm looking forward to the "Holy fuck that's expensive! Be careful of your usage" phase permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Monument@piefed.world 13 points 5 days ago My org saw AI as a threat and immediately banned it (blocking websites and restricting features in apps) until our IT folks could evaluate it and implement safeguards. Incidentally, they missed the window when vendors were more or less offering it for free. Now any AI solution doesn’t just have to be vetted against our security and privacy needs, but most likely requires a darn good business case, RFP’s, quotes, and contracts. It never became a part of the culture here, much to our benefit. permalink fedilink source parent [–] jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.works 5 points 5 days ago We passed the "Holy fuck that's expensive!" phase a few months ago and have moved on to the "Use AI for everything but don't actually do that just use it for some things why [didn't/did] you use AI for that we can't afford the [additional time/Azure bill] hahahahahahahaha." phase. Swap the values in brackets at random on any given day. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Monument@piefed.world 13 points 5 days ago My org saw AI as a threat and immediately banned it (blocking websites and restricting features in apps) until our IT folks could evaluate it and implement safeguards. Incidentally, they missed the window when vendors were more or less offering it for free. Now any AI solution doesn’t just have to be vetted against our security and privacy needs, but most likely requires a darn good business case, RFP’s, quotes, and contracts. It never became a part of the culture here, much to our benefit. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.works 5 points 5 days ago We passed the "Holy fuck that's expensive!" phase a few months ago and have moved on to the "Use AI for everything but don't actually do that just use it for some things why [didn't/did] you use AI for that we can't afford the [additional time/Azure bill] hahahahahahahaha." phase. Swap the values in brackets at random on any given day. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] benjirenji@slrpnk.net 2 points 6 days ago This is also what I don't get. At worst people start ignoring the documents or requests for review (or code changes) because they have better things to do than review generated text. At best you push back. permalink fedilink source parent