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For all the great things AI is bringing, it’s also introducing problems we never anticipated. The employee or boss who isn’t exactly the sharpest tool in the shed is now using AI to crank out bogus guidance and directives on subjects they barely understand. In the past, they deferred to people who actually knew what they were doing and could be challenged in face-to-face meetings. Now, thanks to the mix of remote work and management by email, that same person is spewing AI-generated nonsense as official marching orders or recommendations. These "know‑it‑alls" are now using AI as their Cyrano de Bergerac so they can appear smarter.

 

Those who use AI know how biased and skewed its advice can be. AI is eager to please. I'll admit I've been guilty of using AI to twist a topic to my perspective now and then, and it is very easy to do. Others in the office, also not knowledgeable about the topic at hand, can be easily convinced by the slop, given its comprehensive and logical presentation. It must be good if it has an “Executive Summary.”

 

The solution, just like before the AI onslaught, is to take advice and direction from people who have real experience. For those presenting ideas, ask them what practical background they have to make their claims and recommendations. The last person I did that with sent me an AI response to my question confirming not to follow their advice.