AI, Episode I, and Jaws: When success and money spoil the brilliance
My LinkedIn feed is infected with what everyone seems to refer to as AI slop. I will admit, for nearly a decade I have been trying to figure out what LinkedIn is, but have only been able to settle on "not this." It has become some odd version of Facebook but with a good haircut and a tie. It makes you feel like you are important and that your opinion matters. Feed the algorithm; feed Microsoft; destroy reality. I would like to ignore it, but I'm not sure that is possible (at least from a business world point of view). Regardless, today i realized one of my bigger issues with AI. AI lets you do things more easily which can be both a boon and a curse. This past summer, as we all basked in the warmth of the sun -- blissfully ignorant that Chief Brody did not mention that Chrissie Watkins had been killed by a shark earlier in the summer -- our conversations were filled with talk of the 50th anniversary of Jaws. As is part of any Jaws conversation, Bruce no doubt is m...