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Why does nobody talk about AI making simple jobs harder?
In my experience, I let an AI tool plan a small data task for me last week. Your mileage may vary, but it gave me a long, complex method when a quick fix would work. Take this with a grain of salt, but I think some new AI stuff adds steps we don't need. It felt like using a rocket for a walk to the store. What's your take on this?
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jasonf176mo ago
Stopped taking AI suggestions at face value after a similar mess. I had it help with a database cleanup, and it drafted a whole new system instead of a few delete commands. (Classic overkill, right?) So I asked a coworker who showed me the simple query. Now I use AI for rough drafts but always look for the shortest path first.
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taylor.sean6mo ago
Think about why AI tools pick hard ways when easy ones exist. Your story shows the AI skipped the simple fix, which is a pain. Is it cause AI learns from big data without real world smarts? How do we make AI choose the simpler path?
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