Post #4393830
2026-08-05 14:39 UTC
Now that many LLMs (e.g. Github Copilot) have moved from flat prices to usage-based prices, businesses are reacting.
As I'd expect, the guidance coming from senior business leaders is not brilliant. Instead, I'm seeing a lot of herding towards common, pithy, low-quality advice.
One particularly common directive is to use AI for high-value projects instead of time-consuming or high-effort work.
Why is that not brilliant?
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#OverheardInTheOffice #OfficeWorkerGripes #GithubCopilot
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@scottmiller42@mstdn.social 2026-08-05 14:48
1. Employees often don't know the value produced by their work. And that's often not just because of management is terrible at communicating priorities. For example, compliance work may not generate revenue today but will avoid consequences that may be hard to quantify. Another example is data exploration that might uncover a cost savings opportunity of unknown magnitude... or confirm existing processes are already efficient — how do you value that work before it starts? 2/x