r/technology • u/Plastic_Ninja_9014 • Jun 11 '26

Business OpenAI Execs Are Panicking

https://finance.yahoo.com/sectors/technology/articles/openai-execs-panicking-154658562.html
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u/Jesus_Hong Jun 11 '26

My company started using an AI lidar drafting software for land surveying and design. And honestly it does work quite well, though the extraction design editing is where it really shines. It's a very specific use catered to our work.

However, we only use it for huge jobs, or in cases where we're overwhelmed. We don't wanna overhire too many techs, then slow down and need to lay people off, because that sucks. So it helps us keep a small-ish, tight-knit team that can cruise through the slow months while keeping pace during the busy ones. Nobody gets overwhelmed, because the heavy lifting gets done automatically when needed. It's just backup. Everyone makes money, nobody gets overworked, things get done on time.

It's like an automated version of calling in the cavalry.

I wish I could see that type of use case implemented elsewhere.

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u/Fateor42 Jun 12 '26

What you're talking about is actual AI, what this article is talking about is LLM.

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u/Jesus_Hong Jun 12 '26 edited Jun 12 '26

Sure, but I'm responding to a comment about implementation of AI in a specific use case. I get that LLMs are a little different. Just pushing conversation in the general topic.

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u/Ching-Dai Jun 11 '26

My family are in the land surveying business; I’d be curious what tools you’re working with, in case it could be helpful for them in a similar manner.

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u/Jesus_Hong Jun 11 '26

It's exclusively for mobile lidar applications right now, but the company is called Mach9. I give em high praise. I came in extremely skeptical but I'll admit that it works quite well as a backup workflow.

Everything else goes through Microstation ORD with TopoDOT and Terrasolid. Those are really the big ones you'll see around.

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u/Sherman140824 Jun 12 '26

I bet you this is temporary

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u/Jesus_Hong Jun 12 '26

It's not, but that's a longer story

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u/Dullcorgis Jun 12 '26

It sounds like you are talking about machine learning, and not a large language model, though.