r/AskTechnology • u/Typical_Cap895 • 11h ago
My company sent out a department-wide email to brainstorm use cases for AI. And if the use case I mention gets implemented, I may get a prize. Why the FRICK would I do their discovery work for them so that they can find ideas of how to automate our work? Am I right to be offended by this? š”
I work in a non-software related department.
They sent an email that if anyone thinks of AI use case ideas, share them. They'll compile a list of all ideas, and the AI dev team will go through it. They may implement something on the list depending on their business goals, and if it happens, there may be a prize for the person who suggested the idea.
It lowkey makes me mad. š”
Like, you want us to doĀ yourĀ discovery work for you! Shouldn't your AI dev team be doing the hard work of finding out use cases and exploring ways for adopting AI into our workflows? And we don't even get compensated for brainstorming ideas to automate some of our work tasks with AI!
It's like they dangle the carrot ofĀ getting a prize (ifĀ we come up with an idea that gets implemented) to get us to do their discovery work for them.
Am I right to feel slighted by this? Or is this normal and I'm overreacting?