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bysmooth wombat ( 796938 ) writes:
85% reported time savings of one to seven hours weekly, much of it was offset by correcting errors and reworking AI-generated content
Assuming there was no AI, how long would it have taken these people to create whatever it is they used AI for? For example, if creating the spreadsheet would take 3 hours, but using AI it only took 15 minutes plus an additional hour to correct errors, that is still a net saving of almost 2 hours.
For reworking content, how long would it have taken them to come up wi
bynarcc ( 412956 ) writes:
For example, if creating the spreadsheet would take 3 hours, but using AI it only took 15 minutes plus an additional hour to correct errors, that is still a net saving of almost 2 hours.
Here in reality, this is how it would go: It would take the user about an hour to get the AI to make something resembling the spreadsheet they want, 2 hours to give up trying to make all the necessary corrections, and 3 hours to just do the damn thing themselves. That's a net loss of 2 hours.
Now, I will grant that LLMs can have a multiplicative effect in an organization. For example: you use AI to quickly make a spreadsheet which you pass that along to a coworker or subordinate to 'check for errors and make corrections'. The coworker, seeing the mess you handed them, uses AI to make the 'corrections' you asked for and sends it back. You glance at it and see some changes. Confident that your coworker actually did their job, you pass it along to whoever actually needs the spreadsheet. The recipient tries to make a report based on the nonsense in the spreadsheet, gives up and asks AI to make the reports for them until they get the numbers they expect. (prompt: "fix the data in the spreadsheet and produce a TPS report. do not introduce gnu miss steaks.") Their supervisor then acts on the data in the report, pleased that their department was able to effectively leverage AI to increase productivity.
The doomers are right, just for the wrong reasons.
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