We arrived with eager anticipation to be poured into, perhaps with divine words, or at least something that made us go hmmmm. Our fearless leader would be imparting wisdom on our weary souls, granting us access to a much higher level of thinking, sharing some valuable insight into the other world of doers.
Instead.
Meh. Barely meh. Minimal meh. I should have known when it didn’t begin with any pomp and circumstance, devoid of proofreading, and dare I say cross-communication between party lines.
A swing and a miss implies they were there to play ball. I think the wrong sport was articulated. Something briefly Roman with a hint of cluster(you know what).
Additionally
First, we were encouraged to liberally use AI. “Just change a few words, you know” was the original instruction. AI generators appeared on our desktops, as if by magic. Suddenly, every program, bulletin, and advertisement looked exactly the same, as if copied from one main document.
But now? Instructions were issued to please stop using AI. The explanations: too lengthy sentences, repetitive wordiness, and glaringly obvious errors, much like copy+paste would indicate. Shocking. So tell me why a recent PowerPoint was “updated” using AI, rendering my work basically plagiarized. I am a published author in a journal, and have Dr. preceding my name. I don’t need AI to create a PowerPoint or any kind of paper, really. My way around words is well-documented!
If you’ve made it to the end of this tirade, the headings in italics are significant. AI tends to flag work that uses large descriptive words. The bad news is I’ve been using these words, appropriately, for decades.
Some call me KelGPT, a fitting compliment.
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I ask you –
Has your organization walked back the press for AI-use?
(The post KelGPT first appeared here at Running on Fumes.)
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