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Re:The Story of DOGE, as Told by Federal Workers by BearOso on Thursday September 25, 2025 @04:38PM (#45378701)
> “The vibe they gave was ‘So, what is it that you do here?’ and ‘Why can’t AI do that?’” —TTS worker

From what I've read, this particular group of children naively thinks "AI" can and should do everything. As in, they think it's literally magic and have no clue how it or computing works. I remember reading about how one was asking on twitter how to use AI to convert word processor documents between formats, when that's a simple classic computing task. I'm afraid the next generation is going to think the only tool they need is a sledgehammer.

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Re:The Story of DOGE, as Told by Federal Workers by codedokode on Thursday September 25, 2025 @06:28PM (#45380052)
> when that's a simple classic computing task.

In fact it is not simple (e.g. convert PDF to MS Word or MS Word to Libreoffice without losses).

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