3. AI is Smarter Than Your Average Network Engineer

Episode 3 of the Tech Field Day Podcast podcast, hosted by Tech Field Day, titled "3. AI is Smarter Than Your Average Network Engineer" was published on April 16, 2024 and runs 20 minutes.

April 16, 2024 ·20m · Tech Field Day Podcast

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Summary

Recent advances in AI for IT have shown the huge potential for changing the way that we do work. However, AI can’t replace everyone in the workforce. In this episode, Tom Hollingsworth is joined by Rita Younger, Josh Warcop, and Rob Coote as they look at how the hype surrounding AI must inevitably be reconciled with the reality of real people doing work. They discuss the way that AI is judged for its mistakes versus a human as well as how marketing is pushing software as the solution to all our staffing ills. Host: Tom Hollingsworth, Event Lead for Tech Field Day: https://www.linkedin.com/in/networkingnerd/ Panelists: Josh Warcop: https://www.linkedin.com/in/warcop/ Rita Younger: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ritayounger/ Rob Coote: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robcoote/ Tech Field Day: Website: https://www.techfieldday.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/tech-field-day X/Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/techfieldday Podcast: Website: https://www.techfieldday.com/podcast X/Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/techfielddaypod Tags: #NFD34 #Networking #TFDPodcast @TechFieldDay @TechFieldDayPod

Episode Description

Recent advances in AI for IT have shown the huge potential for changing the way that we do work. However, AI can’t replace everyone in the workforce. In this episode, Tom Hollingsworth is joined by Rita Younger, Josh Warcop, and Rob Coote as they look at how the hype surrounding AI must inevitably be reconciled with the reality of real people doing work. They discuss the way that AI is judged for its mistakes versus a human as well as how marketing is pushing software as the solution to all our staffing ills.

Host: Tom Hollingsworth, Event Lead for Tech Field Day: https://www.linkedin.com/in/networkingnerd/

Panelists: Josh Warcop: https://www.linkedin.com/in/warcop/ Rita Younger: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ritayounger/ Rob Coote: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robcoote/

Tech Field Day: Website: https://www.techfieldday.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/tech-field-day X/Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/techfieldday

Podcast: Website: https://www.techfieldday.com/podcast X/Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/techfielddaypod

Tags: #NFD34 #Networking #TFDPodcast @TechFieldDay @TechFieldDayPod

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