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A friend's job in Boston was quietly replaced by a 'decision support' system last month
He works in logistics planning. They told his team the new AI tool was just for help. Within three weeks, it was making the final calls on shipping routes and schedules. He said the system cut costs by 15% but also sent three trucks down a closed road. No one is allowed to override it now. Has anyone seen this kind of slow phase-out happen where they work?
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vera1953mo agoMost Upvoted
That's terrifying and way too common now.
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nelson.vera3mo ago
Happened at my old warehouse. The key is to document every error the system makes, especially the safety ones like that closed road. Send dated reports up the chain, because when something big breaks, they'll look for who ignored the warnings.
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jakewhite2mo ago
Honestly that closed road thing is bad but trucks get sent wrong places all the time, human planners mess up too. Tbh a 15% cost cut is huge, maybe the company just needs to fix the map data. Calling it a "planned takeover" feels like a big jump, it's probably just a buggy rollout. They'll probably let people override it again once they work the kinks out.
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