My boss had a proposal: It was time to replace him with AI.
It was late spring, following months of AI-attributed layoffs across the economy that left workers wondering: Am I next? In the name of journalism, my editor and direct manager, Ryan Kailath, agreed to be a guinea pig.
I’m an AI skeptic, but some aspects of “RyanBot” excited me. It wouldn’t be busy with meetings, lunch breaks, or other reporters. It could read every line of a 100-page data report and provide feedback within seconds. I could see how having a second brain trained on my editor’s preferences and proclivities might be helpful.
While that proved true sometimes, working with…
