AI

5044 readers

1 users here now

Artificial intelligence (AI) is intelligence demonstrated by machines, unlike the natural intelligence displayed by humans and animals, which involves consciousness and emotionality. The distinction between the former and the latter categories is often revealed by the acronym chosen.

founded 4 years ago

'700 Indian engineers posed as AI': The London startup that took Microsoft for a ride (www.businesstoday.in)

submitted 2 weeks ago by davel@lemmy.ml to c/artificial_intel@lemmy.ml

10 comments fedilink hide all child comments

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 25 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

“Customer requests were sent to the Indian office, where 700 Indians wrote code instead of AI,” Engelbrecht noted, adding that the resulting apps were often buggy, dysfunctional, and riddled with unreadable code. “Everything was like real artificial intelligence,” he wrote — except that none of it was.

Oh my god... this really goes to show that companies are currently aiming to do with AI what they used to aim to do with completely offshoring their technical expertise, because in this case they appeared indistinguishable.

[–] davel@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

To be fair, I’ve worked with some Indian developers who we offshored work to, and they did decent work.

[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 weeks ago

I guess there's more emphasis due on "completely".

[–] venusaur@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

I’m surprised that this is surprising to you. Companies want to spend the least amount of money possible. We’ve been replacing people with tech since forever.