Worth Reading – LLMs are Making Me Dumber
Maybe instead of panicking that we’re all getting dumber, we need a balanced approach like Vincent’s. Decide which skills can be eroded and offloaded and which ones you refuse to give up.
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Linked – Two ways AI hype is worsening the cybersecurity skills crisis
The pressure to become AI experts and make the organization’s rollout of AI tools secure only adds more mental load to already overloaded cybersecurity professionals.
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Linked – The great AI skills disconnect – and how to fix it
Maybe we should forgive employees on the ground from doubting the public proclamations of an AI strategy. They’re on the ground, and they’ve heard other proclamations that don’t match what they see with their own eyes.
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Linked – How to avoid sleepwalking into irrelevance in the age of AI
I’m unsure how many tech jobs will be displaced by AI. Part of me doubts that GenAI tools are capable of doing all the work, but I also know that CEOs don’t necessarily care as long as it’s good enough and cheaper than hiring human beings. (Which it might be right now.)
The important thing, however, is that the skills Irina recommends are the same skills we need to develop to deal with change, and our industry is constantly changing.
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Quick Thought – It costs how much to say please and thank you to ChatGPT?
I wonder how much it costs to generate all those action figures, and “what does ChatGPT know about me” posts on LinkedIn?
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Linked – Uncertainty Kills Morale: How to Maintain Motivation Now
For many managers, you may be in luck because all of that uncertainty makes your employees want to stick with something stable. Assuming, of course, that the situation in your workplace is stable.
If it’s not, and you’re adding to their uncertainty? Look out.
