Say Goodbye to the Tech-First Era
The humanity-first movement is here and staying awhile
I’m loving this critical conversation around AI right now. People from the media to data practitioners are questioning the value of AI-dependent tech like ChatGPT, Jasper AI and every other AI-generated app. The concern over the tech industry’s direction and how it aligns with communities and cultures comes up often. No answers are provided but the growing swell of uneasiness indicates a pendulum shift in our society.
Even Big Tech is struggling to connect to their own missions. The haphazard design and deployment of apps, systems and platforms frustrate the public, the programmers and the policymakers. For example, Google has lost its top spot as the go-to online searching platform now that ChatGPT has arrived with much fanfare. Google’s online advertising and marketing also remains entangled in multiple lawsuits from the US Department of Justice. Big Tech is laying off, or preparing to lay off, thousands of tech workers because of a myriad of reasons like over-hiring in peak COVID times, under-innovations (release of useless tech), lack of leadership vision, lawsuits and settlements, rise of AI ethics, soured reputation, etc.
Big Tech is freaking out. And this battle royale amongst Silicon Valley stormtroopers is quite humorous. For decades…
