“If you automate a bad process, sometimes all you've done is make that bad process happen faster.”

Todd DeWalt · The Construction Leading Edge Podcast · Stop Taking Shortcuts: The Shortcut Delusion | Ep. 466

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Claimed that using AI to automate a bad process only makes the bad process faster

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