I get really skeptical when someone says "AI does most of the work just by asking simple prompts."
Don't get me wrong, I use AI too for daily tasks and my job as a programmer, and it definitely helps me get the job done faster (sometimes it's almost instant).
But it still requires a lot of effort for complex or unconventional tasks.
When I hear "AI does most of my job", I think of DOGE employees who use AI to identify "waste of money".
All they do is ask AI with very lazy prompts like "list DEI projects" with the list of government sponsored projects including simple descriptions.
They don't even provide what DEI means.
And they just cut all projects the AI flagged.
I'm sure their "productivity" is very high.
They can "complete the job" that would require days, weeks, or months of investigation with a single prompt.
I also think the results have a strong tendency to flag a project as DEI, because "is this DEI" is a question often asked by racists and misogynists on right-wing websites, and often the answers are "Yes", and that likely causes a strong bias.
Don't get me wrong, I use AI too for daily tasks and my job as a programmer, and it definitely helps me get the job done faster (sometimes it's almost instant). But it still requires a lot of effort for complex or unconventional tasks.
When I hear "AI does most of my job", I think of DOGE employees who use AI to identify "waste of money". All they do is ask AI with very lazy prompts like "list DEI projects" with the list of government sponsored projects including simple descriptions. They don't even provide what DEI means. And they just cut all projects the AI flagged. I'm sure their "productivity" is very high. They can "complete the job" that would require days, weeks, or months of investigation with a single prompt.
I also think the results have a strong tendency to flag a project as DEI, because "is this DEI" is a question often asked by racists and misogynists on right-wing websites, and often the answers are "Yes", and that likely causes a strong bias.
[1] https://www.9news.com/article/news/politics/doge-chatgpt-dei...