From one piece Molly Graham: The grief, burnout, and opportunity hiding inside the AI transition 20 beliefs, in the piece's order there
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there are trends inside of bigger companies to get rid of management like to get rid of whole management layers and I think it is a huge mistake.
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it is a slow takeoff and it isn't like the future is next day next next month like it is it's going to take years to really understand what this new tool this new technology all these fun interns can actually do
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People facing AI should aim to help design the future of their profession rather than protect its past.Their words
you got to take that stance of I want to be part of designing the future of my profession not protecting the past.
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I'm a believer that a lot of jobs are going to be created because of this technology
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People should not outsource what they are individually best at to AI, which is effectively a summer intern.Their words
You individually are phenomenal at a set of things. Like do not outsource that. Like you can enable it, you can amplify it to use your data, but don't outsource it to these weird robots that you know are effectively summer interns.
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And I think things that require trust like that are you know fundamental to relationships like we should not be outsourcing these things to robots
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Like I think there are some Legos that shouldn't be given away. um that the robots like both like don't deserve and like that we should hold on to.
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Delegating to AI makes everyone a manager now.Their words
it just means literally everyone in the world is a manager now
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Delegating work to AI is not the same as giving it to a human, because the oversight cannot be handed off.Their words
one of my biggest realizations was that delegating something to a robot is not the same as giving it to a human because you cannot get rid of the oversight, right?
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you hear all these stories about like companies like counting tokens and having token leaderboards and it's like it brings me back to the days when people were like counting cars in a parking lot and Slack bubbles and lines of code, right? Which we all know is a really bad way to manage people.
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A CEO who sends out an AI-written strategy memo is modelling that it is fine to outsource thinking and strategy.Their words
CEOs like shipping a strategy memo that was clearly written by AI that is you role modeling for your organization that it's fine to outsource your thinking and it's fine to outsource your strategy.
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Part of the AI slop problem is probably people handing off accountability for the work they send.Their words
And I think part of what's going on with all the slop in the world is people have like shipped accountability.
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I always think like AI needs the same coaching and training that a human does right it needs context it needs onboarding it needs all of these things
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But until we have real evidence, what if we believe that they're not going away? They're just going to reinvent themselves.
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they are about badly run companies slapping an AI label and getting some share points from that versus saying, "Whoops, we made we hired too many people."
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Like as of right now, like there is not a lot of data, although you may have more than I do that says that AI is genuinely taking jobs away.
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Engineering is probably one of the areas where jobs have most visibly been transformed by AI.Their words
I think engineering is like probably one of the most visceral areas where people's jobs have genuinely transformed.
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In a period of rapid change, standing still is the least safe option, because it guarantees falling behind.Their words
But actually standing still is like the least safe thing you can do. It's basically you're guaranteed to fall behind.
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the future will be defined by the people that learn not the people that know.
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Leading right now requires talking about and normalizing the overwhelm people are feeling.Their words
There's a lot of overwhelm that all, you know, manifests. Some of it manifests in burnout, but it's like there is just a lot going on for people right now. And you really can't lead right now without talking about that um and without normalizing that.