Stephen Downes

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Ben Werdmiller writes, "When people see AI as a more competent, trustworthy, and preferable source of input than a colleague, they replace human interactions that otherwise would have built or maintained trust." My response, only partly in jest, was that "Maybe the colleagues should try being better colleagues?" I am reminded of the time a couple years ago a manager suggested that a colleague help me with my coding and server setup and the response was, "Just use Claude." People are pulled in multiple directions and don't always have time and inclination to help with your project. The 'team', meanwhile, is a way of getting you to help with their projects, and to put yours on the backburner. Anyhow, here's the HBR article Werdmuller is discussing.

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