I hope they're aware of the hallucination problem. Frankly, I doubt they'll ever manage to build a specialized, efficient, and, most importantly, reliable AI setup. But even if they could, responsible leadership would never discard the human elements - the institutional knowledge, the creative input, the essential oversight. This will backfire spectacularly. Unless, of course, the real motive was always to get rid of the people, and "AI" is just the latest excuse.
3 replies (most recent on top)
Agreed! I just looked up the definition of "AI Washing" and this does seem to be what is happening.
They will get rid of most of your IT and outsource to India. They will also lay off any roles they feel are redundant. Finance, HR, training, procurement, logistics will be downsized, outsourced and replaced with AI. Projects will stop and so project engineers will also be let go. They'll let go at the plant level and then slowly trickle in their corporate friends they want to keep. It's not a matter of if. They will do it.
Headlines are screaming about yet another wave of AI induced layoffs. Companies like Dow frame these moves as bold, inevitable steps into the future: "We're not cutting jobs—we're optimizing with AI!" Investors nod approvingly, stock prices tick up, and the narrative sounds progressive.
But here's the uncomfortable truth most executives won't admit: This is often AI-Washing—a slick PR excuse masking poor execution, over-hiring hangovers, and structural rot that was never properly fixed.