If you can retrieve information by talking to AI like an human, what is the need for IT employees at Shell in high income countries? What benefit does the engineering department or other functions get from working with IT staff in high income countries that they can't get from working with low cost hubs like India?
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Do we really need a CEO, or can AI just do his job?
Not just IT - Shell will minimise staff in USA as the salaries are the highest of anywhere. The majority of the work can be done elsewhere. Subsurface, engineering and IT folks etc. could all sit in any country. Why not move all the roles to Brazil? salaries are massively lower and there is lot of deep water experience.
You must be a plant from Fishbowl.
from an article today:
One area where Shell has made solid progress is cost-cutting. It previously aimed to save $2-$3 billion, and it has already hit that target. Now, expectations are that the company might push for even deeper reductions, potentially aiming for $4-$5 billion in total.
Meanwhile, Shell is set to lower its annual capital spending to around $20-$23 billion, which is a slight decrease from previous plans. However, its investments in green energy remain relatively modest, with the company prioritising returns over rapid expansion into renewables.
it doesn’t matter if anyone CAN talk to an AI to get information if nobody WILL do it. it’s also clear that you need to ask in a certain way or it doesn’t work. consider the following - if the future is about your skill at asking a machine for what you want - then who is more experienced at this than programmers? how often does the customer know what they want right off the bat?
people said the same thing about any number of other technologies yet here we are
now if you could jealously rage posting that would be great. it’s very obvious when you make a thread or comment.
No benefit. Redundant and obsolete.