The new global study, in partnership with The Upwork Research Institute, interviewed 2,500 global C-suite executives, full-time employees and freelancers. Results show that the optimistic expectations about AI’s impact are not aligning with the reality faced by many employees. The study identifies a disconnect between the high expectations of managers and the actual experiences of employees using AI.

Despite 96% of C-suite executives expecting AI to boost productivity, the study reveals that, 77% of employees using AI say it has added to their workload and created challenges in achieving the expected productivity gains. Not only is AI increasing the workloads of full-time employees, it’s hampering productivity and contributing to employee burnout.

  • Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    4 months ago

    Cool, I hear lots of things. Where’s the evidence?

    https://www.technologyreview.com/2019/06/06/239031/training-a-single-ai-model-can-emit-as-much-carbon-as-five-cars-in-their-lifetimes/

    It’s not crushing orphans. It’s solving advanced problems that human brains are not able to and reducing the time between discoveries but also just being fun to play with and helps everyone access tools that just speeds everything up and only going to get better.

    Does more than spell checking, not a sound argument.

    Everything in life will have a cost. We have to weight the benefits against the cost. AI is potentially the greatest benefit we could see in our lifetime.

        • SirDerpy@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          4 months ago

          I’m a data scientist.

          The primary application of AI today is profit maximization. The secondary application is propaganda.

          Disengage the other based on their logical fallacy or on their post history. Either should suffice.

            • SirDerpy@lemmy.worldEnglish
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              4 months ago

              I’ve done well in the industry and have earned the freedom to cherry pick my projects. Maybe one in twenty has an ethically acceptable intent.

              Sure, there’s a few academics doing some good. They’re the exception. They’d be zero projects in twenty.

              The corporations and companies funding the vast majority of projects are primarily researching more effective ways to exploit us fiscally and mentally. This is nineteen projects in twenty.

              My numbers likely heavily favor the good guys. The major players already know I won’t work with them.

              • Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.worldEnglish
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                4 months ago

                Any examples of what they’re doing to exploit us with it?

                Most places I’ve seen are trying to find ways to incorporate AI to help check for errors and reduce time on tasks.

                It’s not like AI is the cause of being exploited either. But it does assist me when I’m studying for a new role. Building a resume and upskilling on my own time.

                And look I’m aware I’m taking AI side. I know most companies would fire anyone and replace them with a machine if they could. But I’m still better off with this technology if it leads to better medicine or gives us access to things that was unreachable or difficult to access in the past. It’s a two way street. But it’s like people on my street keep putting up barriers trying to make everyone take the long route

                If it’s one thing in life that I can’t believe others just don’t see is how the rich embrace things that the rest reject and often the thing is what contributes to the success of the rich. They’re embracing it for a reason. It’s a forxEe multiplier. It reduces workloads. Why the hell are we acting like it’s some great sin. We should be fighting to keep it from them and for us instead of the other way around

                • SirDerpy@lemmy.worldEnglish
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                  4 months ago

                  Most places I’ve seen are trying to find ways to incorporate AI to help check for errors and reduce time on tasks.

                  But it does assist me when I’m studying for a new role. Building a resume and upskilling on my own time.

                  That’s usage of trained and publicly accessible models. I develop models and train them for a purpose. They’re rarely publicly accessible.

                  Any examples of what they’re doing to exploit us with it?

                  This is not the time, place, or manner for effective delivery. I’ll try to explain.

                  Most decent humans can’t think along evil lines due to a lack of practice and psychological self-defense. But, I’m broken.

                  You certainly see that Trump is evil. What if he was intelligent? What could an evil and intelligent small group in positions of power accomplish with AI and a sufficient budget?

                  Everyone says they want truth. But, what they really want is comfort.

                  • Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.worldEnglish
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                    4 months ago

                    I’m not really following. I thought you were saying it was about exploiting workers. Now it’s about trump. I really can’t think of what this small group would accomplish that they don’t already accomplish by hiring quants to their 500 year old think tank. Difference with AI is we now have our own force multiplier threatening their power.

                    Partially why I think media is driving us to be so against AI.

                    I see the same articles for AI as I do with any other propaganda like this it all has a familiar smell. My gut is telling me these small groups of powerful people do not want us to embrace AI