One truth about how AI is impacting the workforce is that it's hard to talk about. Earlier this week at Davos, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei told the WSJ, “I don’t think there’s an awareness at all of what is coming here and the magnitude of it,” adding unemployment could hit 10%. Today Amazon outlined its second phase of 30k job cuts, or 9% of corporate, that were announced last October. At the time, Jassy was clear the reductions were “not even really AI driven,” but rather tied to culture and a push to become leaner and more agile. His response reveals a truth about AI’s impact on the workforce. Despite the explanation, the reality is AI is the primary driver of a leaner organization. His comments underscore how difficult it is for the C suite to talk openly about AI impacting jobs given the negative effect those statements could have on the mindset of remaining employees.

Vibe coding is possibly the most frustrating thing I have done in years. Just a simple site so decided to just wing it without a PRD, SDD framework, or rules. Big mistake... But done!

Can someone at the IRS explain this to me? Does the website have a family to get home to?

The way you view AI may impact your ability to execute. But maybe all you need is a new set of glasses! Check out my latest article: The Four Lenses of AI Adoption in Government linkedin.com/pulse/four-lens…

Getting ready to take down our pumpkin carving contest! Here is ours from a couple years ago!

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Exactly! Interesting to see some use cases hit the streets.

The ability to transform government through rapid application development and breaking down technical barriers is here and improving every day. @ycombinator "How AI Coding Agents Will Change Your Job" youtu.be/TECDj4JUx7o?si=C9cm…

By sheer coincidence, I saw this clip on Facebook right after sending this tweet lol

Seguin with the game winner! Benn and Seguin both score and the Stars take a 2-1 series lead! #TexasHockey  #GoStars #DallasStars

So Google Sheets now has a "=AI" formula?! You can process data that was impossible before in a spreadsheet. Gemini understands what's in the cells and returns a tailor-made answer according to your instructions. Examples and formulas below

An important read as the cybersecurity implications of agentic infrastructure are not talked about nearly as much as should be...Cyberattacks by AI agents are coming bit.ly/42k3t1H #govtech #AI #cybersecurity

Let's go Texans! Time to pull off the upset!

Why are companies repatriating their workloads from the cloud? 1)For CFOs - Cost 2)For CIOs - Predictability and 3)For CISOs - Security Read our latest post on the "Architect’s Guide to the New Private Cloud" where we dive further into the details: hubs.li/Q02J7DPp0

Texas is in good hands with @VoteGiovanni @TanParkerTX co-chairs of the Texas AI Advisory Council. The council hit the ground running to help make sure Texas is the leader in responsible Generative AI. #convergenceai @drc

Technology has had a net positive impact and Generative AI will accelerate that. @Accenture @DRC #convergenceai #generativeai

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How GenAI and Custom GPTs Could Impact Government in 2024 #AI @govtechnews govtech.com/opinion/how-gena…

The @astros defeat the Padres, and now lead the AL West by 1.5 games 👀