I know Microsoft has slowly started to force everyone to use AI.
Is it also happening in your company?
Ask HN: Is your company forcing use of AI?
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#3Not forced yet, but we have a lower risk appetite than your average firm. If it is used, instructions are clear that the output should not be treated as gospel and verse. Haven't heard of any major issues as a result of unfiltered, unreviewed AI dumps (yet).
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#4The place I work seems to be open to the fact that its not an all seeing, all knowing force in the world. Though we do use it as a quicker search engine.
I've heard of companies that are shoehorning it into everything, I feel this is many companies just playing the game to get better valuations.
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#5Force? No. But an awful lot of trainings, and clients always ask about AI strategy.
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#6Not us, but I know people who are coerced to use AI for programming, where for example KPIs are tied to LLM usage.
Is this similar to companies forcing TDD or extreme programming or pair programming on their employees? Some manager hoping to get more productivity by imposing a tool or technique?
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#7nah mate. the talk of ai usage has dwindled down but from time to time, i see people use it.
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#8No, but I wish it did for stuff like summarizing meetings, etc.
Everybody focuses on programming, but the real value in is project management imho.
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#9Not forced. Encouraged. Everyone used it earlier without revealing it, now it is open. Knowing how and when to use your tools properly is a good idea.
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#10No, and most seems to avoid using AIs for pretty much anything. The usage I've seen has been mostly inspirational.
We are allowed to use AI for coding, with the understanding that we are responsible for the code generated by the AI, not legally obviously, but functionally.