AI Enshittification: Swiss Airlines Edition
The author criticizes vendor consultants and AI preachers for promoting ineffective disaster recovery and AI solutions, highlighting their lack of practical experience and the resulting challenges faced by clients.
MAIN POINTS
- Vendor consultants promoted flawed disaster recovery solutions with stretched VLANs.
- AI consultants promise reduced support costs without practical experience.
- Both groups target gullible managers with unproven solutions.
- The author has firsthand experience with the negative impacts of these consultants.
TAKEAWAYS
- Be cautious of consultants lacking practical experience in their field.
- Verify the effectiveness of proposed solutions before implementation.
- Managers should critically evaluate consultant claims.
- Poorly implemented solutions can lead to significant challenges and rework.