ivan_murphy80•4mo agoMost Upvoted

Hot take: I think we're missing the point on AI taking jobs

I spent three days trying to get a new AI scheduling tool to work for my small shop. The sales pitch said it would save me 10 hours a week, but it took me 15 hours just to fix the mess it made with my client bookings. The problem wasn't the AI, it was the company that sold me a tool that didn't fit my actual work. Maybe the worry isn't the robots, but the people selling us bad fixes. Has anyone else wasted a ton of time on a 'time-saving' tool?

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troy_price4mo ago

Spend half your week trying to teach some "smart" system your basic workflow, only to have it make choices a new intern would get fired for. It's like they built these things to solve problems no one actually has, just to create new ones they can sell you another fix for later. The future of work is apparently just doing your job, plus a full time tech support gig for your own tools.

rileygarcia1mo ago

Right? It's like they designed these things to be just bad enough you need to keep a backup plan, but just good enough you feel stupid for not using them. A notebook doesn't require a software update to remember a catering order, does it.

viola_lopez304mo ago

Ugh, that reminds me of the "smart" inventory app I tried last year. It kept ordering way too much of one product and none of another because it couldn't understand my seasonal sales. I spent more time fixing its orders than I ever did just writing my own list.

blakestone4mo ago

My buddy had the same thing happen with his food truck. The app kept telling him to buy a crazy amount of buns in November. Turns out it just saw a sales spike from one big catering order and ran with it. He went back to his notebook and a pen real fast.