Some business owners think AI is ready to perform work tasks, but it’s not yet reliable enough to make the switch

Anyone firing employees because they thought that AI would do their jobs in 2025 should be fired. It really doesn’t take much research to see AI isn’t at the place where it’s replacing people – yet. And business managers – particularly in small and mid-sized companies – who think it is better think again.

At best, generative AI platforms are providing a more enhanced version of search, so that instead of sifting through dozens of websites, lists and articles to figure out how to choose a great hotel in Costa Rica, fix a broken microwave oven or translate a phrase from Mandarin to English, we simply ask our chatbot a question and it provides the best answer it finds. These platforms are getting better and more accurate and are indeed useful tools for many of us.

But these chatbots are nowhere near replacing our employees.

It’s somewhat akin to claiming that now that we have hammers, carpenters aren’t needed.

  • VagueAnodyneComments@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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    6 hours ago

    The premise that AI enhances search is false. The stated barriers to “AI” adoption for small businesses are dated and false. The statement that LLMs and associated technology will become more accurate and reliable is false.

    The accurate statement in the article, that AI has no impact on earnings or hours, is from an outside source.

    So you see there is nothing of value provided by the article itself, because the article is propaganda designed to convince you that LLMs have a productive future and are presently useful for applications such as search. These are both lies. The article is lying.