It has become impossible to tell managers mesmerised by artificial intelligence that the tools are not, in fact, helpful. So employees just play along with the fiction to keep their jobs, writes our tech columnist
GIGO (garbage in, garbage out), likely coined in the late 1950’s is just as relevant today.
You need to know how and understand to operate a handsaw to use a bandsaw or a mill. You need to understand variables, loops, strings before writing an “app” (and then you need to understand user models, security models, databases, UI / UX).
You can’t “trust” AI / LLMs without first giving it fresh and relevant content -or it will make information up. You need to give it the important information for it to synthesize correctly -and that relevant info needs to be in the current context. You can’t just ask a question and expect it to “do the research”. You need domain expertise to be able to validate the response.
AI is just a tool to make it easier to use your existing tools.
GIGO (garbage in, garbage out), likely coined in the late 1950’s is just as relevant today.
You need to know how and understand to operate a handsaw to use a bandsaw or a mill. You need to understand variables, loops, strings before writing an “app” (and then you need to understand user models, security models, databases, UI / UX).
You can’t “trust” AI / LLMs without first giving it fresh and relevant content -or it will make information up. You need to give it the important information for it to synthesize correctly -and that relevant info needs to be in the current context. You can’t just ask a question and expect it to “do the research”. You need domain expertise to be able to validate the response.
AI is just a tool to make it easier to use your existing tools.