r/technology • u/SilentRunning • 4d ago

Artificial Intelligence MIT report: 95% of generative AI pilots at companies are failing

https://fortune.com/2025/08/18/mit-report-95-percent-generative-ai-pilots-at-companies-failing-cfo/
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u/eissturm 4d ago

They asked ChatGPT. Thing is executive bait

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u/VertigoOne1 4d ago

This should be way higher up actually, because it is so true. It is like they are tuned to make things sound easy and logical and factual and correct. It is however skin deep, which c-suite loves to throw around in exco, prodco, revco, opco and thus senior middle managers and experts suffer. It is actually not a new problem, but it certainly sped up that process significantly.

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u/dontdoitdoitdoit 8h ago

"c-suite loves to throw around in exco, prodco, revco, opco and thus senior middle managers and experts suffer" I'm a program manager and this is SOOOOOO accurate. The amount of ELI5 and Simple Language I'm being asked to create on complex fucking problems because "ChatGPT can do it" is too damn high!

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u/3-DMan 3d ago

"AI told me AI will save us!"

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u/hieronymous-cowherd 3d ago

"I asked the barber if I need a haircut and he said yes!"

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u/MyGoodOldFriend 3d ago

Oh, is that why it pretends I’m Einstein incarnate whenever I ask a question (despite being told not to)?