I really like working from home myself, but I am starting to suspect that the organizations that thrive in the years ahead will be those with lots of face-to-face interaction. If most people are working remotely and having AI agents communicate on their behalf, trust won’t form, consensus-building and decision-making will suffer, and employee salaries will start to seem like a waste of money.
I've had people relay conversations to Claude irl.
You say something...pause while they look at their phone...they give a response that is out of their depth, etc. The last time it happened I just up and left.
Covid already started to create a situation where people get indignant if you expect them to physically show up to places. Like we're in The Naked Sun. We're probably headed towards people feeling the same sort of entitled to respond to you in the medium of least effort, that is, copy/pasting from AI.
I really like working from home myself, but I am starting to suspect that the organizations that thrive in the years ahead will be those with lots of face-to-face interaction. If most people are working remotely and having AI agents communicate on their behalf, trust won’t form, consensus-building and decision-making will suffer, and employee salaries will start to seem like a waste of money.
I've had people relay conversations to Claude irl.
You say something...pause while they look at their phone...they give a response that is out of their depth, etc. The last time it happened I just up and left.
Exactly. Express your displeasure and stop interacting. Feels like people forgot how to communicate with each other.
Covid already started to create a situation where people get indignant if you expect them to physically show up to places. Like we're in The Naked Sun. We're probably headed towards people feeling the same sort of entitled to respond to you in the medium of least effort, that is, copy/pasting from AI.
It's been decades since I read the Asimov book. I vaguely remember the details. Luckily AI gave me a quick summary to refresh my memory.
"Sorry, I don't know off the top of my head. I'll check on that and write you back."