Inteligence of a scotch tape
The last time I wrote to you, it was July. Three month have past, and here I am again trying to jot down a few words to you.
The parental leave ended a couple of days ago, and I'm sad about it. I wish I could have taken 6 months instead of 4. The child is so fun to be around — moves much more and makes the weirdest sounds that just melt my heart note by note. It feels weird to be working when the child is hitting the next developmental milestones. Also, why don't parents have their working hours reduced? I'm thinking: 1 child — 35 hours is full-time, 2 children — 30 hours. Nope, all the same as if a tiny human didn't need assistance at all times. What is this progress humanity is supposed to be making?
I went back to work, and over 650 emails had been awaiting me. 650 emails! 8 emails per day. Not much, you may think, but out of the hundreds, only 10 were important. I'd say it may mean that communication at work isn't particularly efficient. And what do we do with inefficiency in 2025? We ask AI to read all emails and provide a summary and action items, right? Well according to Linkedin, yes. But does it solve the problem of inefficient communication? No. Is it just a patch on an uncleaned wound? Yes.
I guess this is why I haven't been enthusiastic about the recent developments in the tech industry. New AI products grow like mushrooms after rain (Polish saying), but they don't solve the real issues because they don't improve systems. They grow without solid foundations. They don't challenge the status quo. They just parasite on broken systems. And all of that is sold as a revolution, but in reality, it isn't even an improvement, or am I wrong?
To be well understood, I don't find AI evil, but I wish we kept solving real problems instead of fixing everything with scotch tape, which AI seems to be now.
Thank you for reading.
Wiktoria
PS. I don't know if you know but the 19th Chopin Competition is happening as we speak and you can listen to it online:
