this post was submitted on 05 Aug 2025
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I’m in IT at an upper level and know painfully well what “AI” really is and that it’s not the disruptor people think it will be. However I feel like I can’t post it anywhere without being judged about it as almost every exec I know has bought into it hook, line and sinker. Even other people I talk to about the issues and limitations look at me like I’m completely weird “you’re in IT and you don’t embrace AI? wtf is wrong with you?”

So what do you all do? I don’t want to make things career limiting but I feel like I’m screaming in the dark seeing where things will really go. It reminds me a lot of the move to cloud and everyone going all in on it without knowing the real ramifications.

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[–] GeriatricGambino@lemmy.world 9 points 3 days ago

Conversations I've had about AI turned out disappointing and left me feeling like I was the crazy one. When I try to point out the very real issues with the use of AI, like the unreliability of the answers/outputs, the unethical sourcing of data, the environmental impact, just to name a few; people look at me or flat out try to explain to me that I'm some sort of luddite opposed to the technological advancement of humanity. "You don't understand, it's nothing more than another invention like the telephone or electricity. People were also scared back then because they didn't understand how it worked, but now everything's fine " was all I got in return last time, after taking 5 minutes to detail exactly why the generalized use of AI is problematic. Everything I tried to explain ignored and brushed off with a "you're just being hysterical" deflection. To me it feels like people who embraced AI are entrenched in their opinion and it seems a waste of my time to try to raise the concerns I have with them. Some seem moved by the greed of the effortless riches/solutions they believe AI will bring them, others just by laziness, as long as they don't have to write their 5 sentences emails they don't give a fuck about anything else. Other than waiting for it to turn to shit, and try to meditate the frustration away or something, I don't really know what else to do at this point.