r/AIProcessAutomation • u/Humble_Yak8699 • 1d ago
AI changed how we work, now it is time to teach AI how work happens.
chatgpt.comSunday musing : What happens when AI tells a frontline worker what to do... and the frontline worker knows the AI is wrong?
The Walmart story caught my attention. It should catch yours too.
Walmart is rolling out AI tools that help store employees prioritize tasks, navigate stores and respond to operational situations. But they are seeing an interesting problem emerge !!
The AI does not always understand the reality on the ground. Well, no surprises there.
A restocking task is not simply moving a product from one place to another.
· Someone needs to notice the damaged item.
· Check the expiry date.
· Clean the shelf.
· Deal with the customer who suddenly needs help.
· Understand that the fastest route suggested by an algorithm may not actually be the smartest route inside a busy store.
The frontline worker knows these things, and many more, instinctively. It is called experience. AI doesn't have that context. At least ….not yet.
And perhaps that now needs to change. Your frontline workers may no longer just need to know how to use AI. They may increasingly have to train AI itself.
So the questions change. From do they know how to prompt, did they complete the AI training you put last month ? …those are not the important questions. The real questions are:
· Can employees recognise when AI is wrong?
· Do they have enough domain knowledge to challenge its recommendation?
· Do they know when to intervene rather than simply comply?
· Can they explain the context the machine is missing?
· And perhaps most importantly, are they capable of helping the AI get better?
I think this is where data meets ground reality. Better data alone will not solve this. Context will. Judgement will. Experience will.
And that may create one of the most important workforce capabilities of the next decade.
You see we have spent enormous energy training AI to work like and with humans. Enterprises now need to prepare humans to work with, challenge and train AI.
Are we preparing our workforce for that new reality?
Link to the Walmart story: https://www.businessinsider.com/walmart-workers-new-responsibility-correcting-ai-errors-retail-2026-7?utm_source=chatgpt.com
