AI Should Go Where the Work Gets Messy
A lot of businesses are discovering something awkward about AI. It was supposed to save time, and now somehow everyone is spending half the day
A lot of businesses are discovering something awkward about AI. It was supposed to save time, and now somehow everyone is spending half the day
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Most businesses are still using AI in the least interesting way possible. They are using it to make bad work faster. Faster emails, faster summaries,
There is a point in many businesses where the official software is not really the system anymore. The real system is five spreadsheets, three inboxes,