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Joseph Carley's avatar

Interesting study and a thought provoking perspective. Earlier adoption of new tech can give a valuable edge, but I think the idea of not rushing / implementing at a slower pace honestly gives companies permission to take their time and dabble instead of jumping on the latest product and spending tens of thousands on consultants to integrate it.

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Dave Friedman's avatar

This is a *great* post. When ChatGPT was first released in November 2022 I saw assorted VCs and other 'thought leaders' across the technology industry assert that it was going to put virtually all white collar employees out of a job within a year. None of these people, of course, had any experience working in mainstream trad corps, which is to say, companies akin to the airlines to which you repeatedly refer in this post. LLMs are extraordinarily powerful technology, and they will no doubt completely restructure companies' operations, but as you point out, that will take significantly longer than many pundits predict.

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