Thread regarding AT&T layoffs

AI tranformation will be a flop

AI transformation with LLMs integrated even into toilet seats will be a huge flop and one he-l of an expensive experiment.

All the cash thrown at Palantir, Snowflake, AI APIs, AI engineers, LangGraph and the rest of it is going to deliver zero ROI and just pile on more headaches. The data at AT&T is in absolute terrible shape, loads of systems are vendor locked, and IBM still holds all the keys. We've also got the never ending battle between official IT and shadow IT, not to mention the CDO clashing with pretty much everyone else in the company.

Instead of actually putting money into rebuilding a solid foundation where customers, provisioning, products and a single billing system would properly live, we're just dumping millions into quick fixes and Band Aids dressed up as agentic AI (total slop) and into a fancy new campus that just about everyone is going to hate.

Sometimes it really feels like a lot of these decisions are being made because someone's getting influenced or straight up because of corruption.

#AI #FakeInnovation #Leadership
by Anonymous
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Comment! It's anonymous!

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Some of it works, when it works. But the OP is correct, we have too many closed ecosystems and very ridged processes with gate keeping preventing it from happening. All I can say is, I work on this stuff every day and can tell you, they aren’t even close. Yes the top has been sold a big lie.

by Anonymous
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Billionaires are running out of "stash pots", dumping into the next big venture however, they are too stupid to see they will not be the ones making the money this time. It's not about losing money at that level, more the "virtual power" ego that they soooo relish. These venture capitalists will be the cause of the next great depression! Ohhhh and most of your utopian retirement funds are tied into it...

by See ya at the food line
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If that’s the case, expect to see notice of a new multi-billion dollar bet made by Stankey soon. He sure knows how to destroy value!

by Anonymous
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You’re preaching to the choir.

by Anonymous
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A.I. was never meant to work. It was a smoke screen to bring in more internal plants from India. They are building that disposable two year work force that Stankey talked about two years ago. A.I. is just the misdirection.

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