Have You Met This Parrot?

We found this parrot that had learned to say, "How's the project coming along?" so we hired him as a manager. 😬

Sorry for the bad joke.

But we can easily translate that joke to other professions. Maybe the parrot learned to say...

• Get some rest and come back when it gets worse.

• And how does that make you feel?

• I will neither confirm nor deny. Next question.

And we hire it as a doctor, psychiatrist, or government spokesperson. Is your profession safe?

If you can come up with good reasons for why a parrot can't do your job (and I sure hope you can) then you can also come up with good reasons for why generative AI can't do your job. Remember, GenAI is a (statistical) parrot that learned to (statistically) say the right words at the right time. It's amazing how far AI engineers can push such a system to perform useful tasks, but it does not change the underlying fundamentals.

So, on that note, happy Friday and squaaaawk.