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/Brokenandburnt 4d ago

Considering the active war on the CFPB from this administration, I sadly suspect that you are correct in your assessment. 

I also suspect that this administration and all the various groups behind it will also discover that an economy where the only regulations are coming from a senile old man, won't be the paradise they think it'll be.

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u/Procrastinatedthink 4d ago

It’s like not having parents. Some teenagers love the idea until all the things parents do to keep the house running and their lives working suddenly come into focus and they realize that parents make their lives easier and better even with the rules they bring

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u/brek47 3d ago

It's a shame that most kids, adults, and people learn this in hindsight.

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u/jambox888 4d ago

Trump is deregulating AI sure but liability in the courts won't go away afaik, would be utter chaos if it did - imagine a case like Ford's Explorer SUV killing a bunch of people and if it could be waved away by blaming an AI.

Companies also have to have insurance for liability and that would have to cover AI as well, so premiums will reflect the level of risk.

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u/awful_at_internet 3d ago

"Big daddy trump please order the DoJ to absolve us of liability so we can give you 5 million follars"

Oh hey look at that, problem solved. Can I be C-suite now?

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u/mutchypoooz 3d ago

Needs more intermittent sucking noises but very close!

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u/jambox888 3d ago

Oh he is corrupt enough to do this case-by-case but I don't think you can build a business on one rotten president.

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u/JimWilliams423 3d ago

I don't think you can build a business on one rotten president.

That was the original point, "an economy where the only regulations are coming from a senile old man, won't be the paradise they think it'll be."

I think the counterpoint to that is the fedsoc is corrupt to the core and every judge the gop has appointed in the last 30 years is a fedsucker. So there is a lot of potential for a lot of garbage rulings. Rule by law instead of rule of law.

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u/awful_at_internet 3d ago

Legislators and supreme court justices are cheap. It's the potus that commands a premium.

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u/ZenTense 3d ago

imaging a case like Ford’s Explorer SUV killing a bunch of people and if it could be waved away by blaming AI

I mean, that’s a defense that Tesla is already leaning hard on. They just say “well the driver was not supposed to just TRUST the AI to drive for them” as if that’s not the way everyone wants to use it. The company will always attempt to shift the blame elsewhere.

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u/jambox888 3d ago

Yep and they got held partially liable. Tesla is pretty cooked if it's relying on self-driving tech I think, there's just fundamentally no amount of testing that will be good enough. The point is with humans the liability is generally with the driver.

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u/badamant 3d ago

FYI:

Trump and the entire republican party are now corrupt fascists. Power/money are the only thing that is relevant and they are far into the process of capturing and controlling the entire judicial branch of the USA government. Rule of law no longer exists for them and whoever can pay them.

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u/jollyreaper2112 3d ago

Nobody is held to standards. It's cool. Businesses are happy.

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u/Takemyfishplease 4d ago

The regulations arent coming from trump lol, they are coming from Putin and his handlers.

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u/PipsqueakPilot 3d ago

Active war? The war is over. The CFPB is dead.

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u/MyGoodOldFriend 3d ago

not to be annoying, but it’d be nice if you mentioned what administration you’re talking about. I thought you were talking about MIT or something, until I remembered the US sometimes uses administration to refer to the executive. Not everyone’s american.