I’m going to try really hard not to make this space completely about AI but it is the AI conversation on the internet that inspired me to talk about problem-solving.
Recently I saw a post about a company that used to try to sell us on robotaxis and how they’ve figured out the AI thing. They went on to explain that they deployed talented engineers at real business problems where workflows needed to be transformed — and then those talented engineers fixed the problem.
And AI was in the room with them so the story is “AI saved the day!”
I have to chuckle a bit because it’s fairly obvious to me that when you have smart people who are given the mandate to solve a problem for others (who are also reasonably intelligent and have a solid problem statement), they will crack the nut regardless of what technology they have to use — because I lived this myself.
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