I heard a term from Dr David Love at the Autumn Forum that I rather liked. Faux work. It’s used to describe people using AI to correspond with each other, producing emails, reports and responses that give the appearance of work without necessarily achieving very much. Then I read a piece last week by Alf… Read More Meat Proxy, Faux Work
There was a TV series on the BBC over the summer called Race Against the Tide. It was a six-part competition, pairing novice sculptors with professional artists. They had six hours to build enormous sand sculptures before the incoming North Sea tide washed them away. The state of L&D feels a bit like this. The… Read More Race against the tide
I’ve listened to John Helmer’s conversation with Erica Farmer on The Learning Hack and am lucky to say I know them both, so declare an interest, but it’s a VERY good episode. Erica makes a point that we’re rolling out AI much as we’ve rolled out HR systems before it: project plan, town hall, launch… Read More Treating people like people
I’ve written before about em dashes and how I would add them to my writing. I use Quillbot to spell-check, paraphrase documents, an AI detector, live translator, grammar checker and a range of other activities. It loves em dashes – it reminds me when I use hyphens and adds em dashes instead. It did it… Read More The em dash
I was talking AI with someone and they pointed out: The manager uses AI to co-write the Person Spec and Job Description. The recruiter uses AI to write the advert. The candidate uses AI for the CV, Personal Statement and the application. The ATS uses AI to look for keywords and score the application. When… Read More Ghosts of the Machine