Chris McDermott

The software engineer is dead; so say the headlines. Layoffs are in the news and there's even talk of CEO/founders building entire systems while their Dev teams look on in wonder. The world of… |... The software engineer is dead; so say the headlines. Layoffs are in the news and there's even talk of CEO/founders building entire systems while their Dev teams look on in wonder. The world of softwa...

The software engineer is dead; so say the headlines. Layoffs are in the news and there's even talk of CEO/founders building entire systems while their Dev teams look on in wonder...

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History Suggests a Different Outcome - AI & Jevons Paradox I read the recent article by Matt Shumer that’s been doing the rounds, and it made sense. It warns about the impact rapid AI development could have on jobs.

I read the recent viral article by Matt Shumer, it's compelling but I'm just not ready to buy the future he's painting. I wrote this to share my own thoughts on our pending future with AI...

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Panel 1. A character holding a mobile phone. Ping! An alert arrives: "Your order has been received!" (Image of happy-looking book) Panel 2. Ping! "Your item has been dispatched!" (Image of happy-looking van, driving along) Panel 3. Ping! "Your package has been delivered!" (Image of happy-looking box on doorstep) Panel 4. Ping! "Your book has been neglected: left on the shelf, unread and forgotten, gathering dust for several months." (Image of unhappy-looking book, dusty and covered with cobwebs, accompanied by a spider) Panel 5. The character looks sad and guilty about the unread book. Panel 6. Ping! "Your order has been received!" (Image of new, happy-looking book)

My cartoon for this week’s @theguardian.com books.

Lots more here: www.theguardian.com/books/series/tom-gauld-s-cultural-cartoons

You should see the offices I work in. People with headphones on, in Teams calls, chatting all day long 🤣

I can see a future where we instruct work or solve problems using voice instead of/as well as typing. But, agreed, social norms would have to adapt for that to become comfortable.

Yeah, I wondered about that. In the office would it not equate to talking on a Zoom/Teams call? That’s common place.

My first piece of writing for a while. I thought I'd join the AI conversation with a social practice perspective on how Voice AI, in this example, might subtly affect the workplace.

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Text from paper on AI in Education

“The most important object of education is for the student to come to ‘feel like the master of her own thinking.’”

I can

I can

Jidoka or autonomation is the idea from Toyota of automation with a human touch. We can’t rely on the machine alone, human intervention is required.

What term are we using in the AI world? … cause it needs a human touch even more.

I asked an LLM best answer I got was ‘collaborative intelligence’.

@somesheep.bsky.social now there is no arguing that this is not a thing. It’s almost certain that Maslow did make a hierarchy of knees.

In Manchester for the day and took the opportunity to walk along this street, reflecting on both his immense contribution to the world and the injustice of how he was treated.

“The majority of people who are forced to come to our food banks are disabled.. there is an incredible level of hardship out there & we are appalled the government looks at that situation & appears to be deciding to make huge cuts to the support people get"

Helen Barnard @trusselluk.bsky.social

Contiguous Integration

#ChangeMapping

Count me in. Hope you’re feeling better soon

Just because we can, doesn’t mean we should.

Be more Booths.

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As a reminder, to learn more, please visit https://prokanban.org and https://kanbanguides.org For a more detailed treatment of metrics and forecasting, pleas... Episode 76 Change Mapping with Chris McDermott

Enjoyed discussing #ChangeMapping with Dan & Prateek on the Drunk Agile podcast youtu.be/wC2h9hpEYe0?...