A few days ago, an industry pundit delivered a scathing post against a leading IT consulting firm, stating that instead of retaining the services of t

Bank CIO: We don't need AI whizzes, we need critical thinkers to challenge AI

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2024-04-28 17:30:02

A few days ago, an industry pundit delivered a scathing post against a leading IT consulting firm, stating that instead of retaining the services of this company for millions of dollars, simply use ChatGPT for free.

Here's their reasoning: The consultants will simply get their answers or advice from ChatGPT anyway, so simply avoid the third party and go right to ChatGPT.

There's a valuable lesson to anyone hiring or seeking to get hired for AI-intensive jobs, be it developers, consultants, or business users. The message of this critique is that anyone, even with limited or insufficient skills, can now use AI to get ahead, or appear to look like they're on top of things. Because of this, the playing field has been leveled. Needed are people who can provide perspective and critical thinking to the information and results that AI provides.

Even skilled technologists or subject matter experts may fall into the trap of relying too much on AI for their output, versus their own expertise.