The Forced Use of AI is getting out of Hand

AI is no longer a choice but a mandatory, often inefficient mandate.
How companies are "throwing spaghetti at walls" by forcing integration without clear hypotheses, leading to bloated workflows and a loss of human expertise. By prioritizing corporate "moats" and labor substitution over actual utility, this trend risks creating fragile systems that neither the creators nor the users fully control.

Are we are truly innovating or just surrendering to a technological fiat that values perceived efficiency over genuine progress?

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The C-suite's message is clear: use AI for everything or prepare to explain yourself in your next one-on-one.

Companies are repackaging the ChatGPT API with their enterprise data and slapping a catchy name1 on it to create an assistant.

In the next renewal cycle, companies will be ducking away from some of their AI initiatives faster than an adulterous CEO at a Coldplay concert.

Companies are shoving AI down employees' throats like it's the cure for cancer, but 80% aren't seeing any real returns yet. Smart money waits for the hype to settle before betting on winners.

While every enterprise software company out there is marketing its AI with a cool name and impressive stats about adoption, don't buy every AI success story these companies are selling.

Many companies now include AI adoption as a key performance indicator, even when this isn't explicitly stated. Making your AI usage visible to your manager is a small but strategic move that aligns with the current workplace meta and can benefit your career.

Even if it seems useless?

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