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I cannot for the life of me understand AI mandates.
Who doesn’t want to be able to get their work done easier? Nobody.
Then it follows you shouldn’t have to tell your employees to use a tool if it makes them however much as productive as CEOs think that tech demo should make them.
I think it’s pretty obvious that at the exec level AI is the ultimate hoodwinking machine. It’s made 90% of them look like the out of touch morons they are. The 10% or whatever that aren’t trying to force this down their staff’s throats in the hopes they can replace said staff are coming out smelling like roses.
Don’t fit a square peg in a round hole.
While this seems true, this is not my experience. It is easier to do things they way you have always done them, because it involves no learning, and thus some people will continue unless forced.
This is both accurate and understating the issue. People can't be downright hostile to new ideas even if it makes their life easier.