Millions in AI with no return while basic services are cut

A recent news story reveals the current corporate paradox: fortunes are being invested in artificial intelligence with no evidence of generating profits, while hospitals and schools face budget cuts. Companies demand efficiency from their employees but cannot justify their own flagship expenditure. This hypocrisy reveals management disconnected from social reality.

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The trap of the algorithm with no tangible return 🤖

Implementing AI requires infrastructure, data, and constant maintenance. Without clear return metrics, these investments become a resource sink. Meanwhile, areas like healthcare or education, with measurable social impact, remain neglected. The efficiency demanded from workers should apply to top management: prioritize projects with real benefits, not unsupported technological fads. Transparency in capital allocation is an outstanding debt.

The AI that can't add two plus two 🦄

It seems that in some companies, artificial intelligence is like a unicorn: everyone wants one, but no one knows what it's for. Meanwhile, workers receive automated emails demanding efficiency, written by an algorithm that hasn't saved a single euro. Perhaps the smartest thing would be to invest in the basics before asking a machine to solve problems we don't even understand.