Many companies rushed to replace employees with AI, but the reality is that advanced AI tools like Claude and others can become expensive at scale and still require human oversight. It wouldn't be surprising if organizations start correcting course and increase hiring again. The best results often come from AI assisting employees, not completely replacing them. The next few years may see many companies finding a better balance between technology and human talent.
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They are already monitoring the cost of Claude ai. You have to get VP approval for access and then they watch it like a hawk to keep the cost down.
@bw Yep, he's only the latest CEO to become hypnotized by the promise of consultants. I predict that as AI becomes more expensive than they ever thought possible AND produces no ROI, they will limit who has access to it. Companies like Uber and Microsoft f-ed around and found out. So many other companies are next.
Dan made a huge mistake in haste, with the worry of being left behind, that he went all in on something with no measurable ROI, that gets more expensive the more people use it. He got sold an idea whose promise will never materialize and ruined tens of thousands of families' lives...then gets to retire with several more million dollars.
Didn't Dan say early on, in his own family they don't about anything unless it's been checked on Perplexity first? He's all in.
AI isn't a problem, it's the dross produced by the external vendors like HCL.
AI provides some great assistance to employees but that’s at a desktop level. At some point there’s going to be a realization that AI is not the panacea to all issues but sadly for Verizon we’re just recklessly heading towards disaster..by this I mean too many people will have been riffed and AI cannot fill the gap