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Young Staff Need to Be in the Office Because of AI, Says PwC's UK Boss (itprotoday.com)
2 points by taylorbuley on Jan 17, 2024 | hide | past | favorite | 3 comments


Well that's a non sequitur if I've ever heard one.

> If you're asking me my opinion on how you succeed in your career," he [chair of PwC UK] said, "I'd be in the office four to five days a week."

Translation: I wanna see my peons in their cubicles. Also, forget your promotion otherwise, because my power games don't work well over video.

What a rubbish piece...


Young staff perhaps do benefit more from being in the office, because face-to-face mentoring is more frequent and more effective in-person than remote. (Especially informal mentoring.)

But at least the AI part is a total non-sequitur.


I thought the studies show that AI is most beneficial for low-knowledge staff by rendering implicit knowledge explicit; it seems like the argument should go the other way: with AI assist, they have even less of a reason to benefit from shoulder surfing.




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