The "do more with less" ideology—and the hiring freezes built on the promise of Copilot and AI efficiency—is already hitting its first major structural cracks.
We are currently transitioning from the "Hype Phase" to the "Reality Phase." In corporate cycles, this specific ideology usually has an expiration date of 18 to 24 months before the operational failures become too loud for executives to ignore.
The decline of this mentality is tracking along three distinct horizons:
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They want AI, they get AI. I use it because I have to. I do not fact check it, I do not correct the errors I see from it. I do not care, and I hope it’s wrong and causes massive losses for all financial institutions who are d-mb and lazy enough to choose it over the experienced people who are experts in their fields. It analyzed a deal the other day and was completely wrong, causing the team to decline the deal and leaving millions in profits on the table. I said nothing and it made me smile. Stupid f’n id--ts. You get what you deserve. Enjoy.
I have been seeing various people use Copilot in emails and other docs blatantly accepting what Copilot gave them with zero fact checking - basically giving wrong answers or solutions. Copilot asked me the other day whilst I was working on a long, involved issue if I wanted the solution to be written into Bank CRQ formats with "audit defensible" language. I let it and it was a complete FUBAR.
The worst is the people who barely speak/write English to begin with, are suddenly thinking they are great writers. It is laughable.