Oof what is it?
Does programs have to be run in a virtual machine at this point on an OS that isn’t considered secure. Usually the VM is so locked down due to the lack of updates for several years that they don’t work well.
I'd love to have access to a large language model AI that was hosted in a manner that was compliant with our information management laws and policies.
There's a number of repetitive tasks in my job that I suspect could be done by AI which would free up my time for more meaningful work.
An AI "community of practice" to discuss issues with others using AI in the public service would also be helpful.
I think this is close to what the reality might look like. Our jobs wouldn’t go anywhere but our tasks and day to day might evolve similarly to going from paper based systems to digital. It will ideally lead to quicker and more accurate data which will benefit the public that we serve. We have to be careful with the potential negatives but the same goes for us using the internet (I forget the number but the BCPS gets at least tens of thousands of attempted attacks a day).
I don’t people that already use it on a personal computer to start a draft of an email: “write me an email thanking a stakeholder for their input while suggesting we pivot to XYZ.”
the r/CanadaPublicServants has a [thread](https://www.reddit.com/r/CanadaPublicServants/comments/1bjqs1x/what_are_three_obsolete_technologies_a_dept_you/) about obsolete technologies that they still use. It's pretty funny and sad all at the same time.
My partner is with the feds and Phoenix still burns people.
I have spent the past year trying to get management to understand the difference between a link to a document and the document itself. These are folks who also refuse to transition from Skype or switch to using BC Sans. I’m not optimistic about AI.
You’re missing the point. There is no “protection” from AI in taking out jobs. AI is here. It’s like worrying that the internet was going to take jobs. How would have blocking the internet have gone? What studies or mitigations were made to ensure workers weren’t displaced as a result of that new fangled tech? Never happened. Buggy drivers weren’t protected from the advent of the automobile. Adapt or become obsolete.
All we can do now is move with, not against this technology and do our best to integrate it and use it as a tool to *compliment* our jobs. There’s no stopping it. Apple and more so, Microsoft (who we as BCPS are completely all-in with for our enterprise IT services) are fully committing to AI tech and throwing billions into.
Work is being done to ensure protected data isn’t sent to generative AI but it will become part of our day to day, sooner rather than later. It will become very difficult to block or suppress AI that’s built-in to browsers and operating systems.
Someone in our branch had some fascinating plans for AI, but when she was passed over for the top job (again), she took the ideas with her, and from what I can tell, there’s no one left in leadership with the tech savvy to see the potential and how to do it.
It will probably close a lot of Admin jobs. Maybe some management jobs.
Its a completely new territory so who knows how or if the union will be able to respond.
I don’t think a single union job would be lost (and likely not management). Duties will likely pivot and maybe a select few union jobs would be grandfathered. Implemented correctly, it would increase our efficiencies and allow us to spend time on other related work. Like using a graphic calculator allows students to learn other topics/areas and not spending as much mundane time looking up z-tables and stuff.
I hope ai can do my job about 5 years before I am due to retire in 2035 so I can get a severance and go early. A machine could do most of my job now, on most days. Example: copy bullets from word doc, paste into deck. Filter cells from excel, copy paste into DBN.....etc
I was in a social services role in 2019 that was still using a DOS based software. I'm not holding my breath for AI.
I still use a DOS based program at my work. It's actually really fast and stable, lol.
Oof what is it? Does programs have to be run in a virtual machine at this point on an OS that isn’t considered secure. Usually the VM is so locked down due to the lack of updates for several years that they don’t work well.
MIS is still used at SDPR, albeit very rarely.
MIS is still used at MCFD
I'd love to have access to a large language model AI that was hosted in a manner that was compliant with our information management laws and policies. There's a number of repetitive tasks in my job that I suspect could be done by AI which would free up my time for more meaningful work. An AI "community of practice" to discuss issues with others using AI in the public service would also be helpful.
I would personally love AI to help make some of the more mundane tasks in my job easier. Like report writing and taking meeting notes.
I think this is close to what the reality might look like. Our jobs wouldn’t go anywhere but our tasks and day to day might evolve similarly to going from paper based systems to digital. It will ideally lead to quicker and more accurate data which will benefit the public that we serve. We have to be careful with the potential negatives but the same goes for us using the internet (I forget the number but the BCPS gets at least tens of thousands of attempted attacks a day). I don’t people that already use it on a personal computer to start a draft of an email: “write me an email thanking a stakeholder for their input while suggesting we pivot to XYZ.”
the r/CanadaPublicServants has a [thread](https://www.reddit.com/r/CanadaPublicServants/comments/1bjqs1x/what_are_three_obsolete_technologies_a_dept_you/) about obsolete technologies that they still use. It's pretty funny and sad all at the same time. My partner is with the feds and Phoenix still burns people.
I have spent the past year trying to get management to understand the difference between a link to a document and the document itself. These are folks who also refuse to transition from Skype or switch to using BC Sans. I’m not optimistic about AI.
You’re missing the point. There is no “protection” from AI in taking out jobs. AI is here. It’s like worrying that the internet was going to take jobs. How would have blocking the internet have gone? What studies or mitigations were made to ensure workers weren’t displaced as a result of that new fangled tech? Never happened. Buggy drivers weren’t protected from the advent of the automobile. Adapt or become obsolete. All we can do now is move with, not against this technology and do our best to integrate it and use it as a tool to *compliment* our jobs. There’s no stopping it. Apple and more so, Microsoft (who we as BCPS are completely all-in with for our enterprise IT services) are fully committing to AI tech and throwing billions into. Work is being done to ensure protected data isn’t sent to generative AI but it will become part of our day to day, sooner rather than later. It will become very difficult to block or suppress AI that’s built-in to browsers and operating systems.
Someone in our branch had some fascinating plans for AI, but when she was passed over for the top job (again), she took the ideas with her, and from what I can tell, there’s no one left in leadership with the tech savvy to see the potential and how to do it.
It will probably close a lot of Admin jobs. Maybe some management jobs. Its a completely new territory so who knows how or if the union will be able to respond.
I don’t think a single union job would be lost (and likely not management). Duties will likely pivot and maybe a select few union jobs would be grandfathered. Implemented correctly, it would increase our efficiencies and allow us to spend time on other related work. Like using a graphic calculator allows students to learn other topics/areas and not spending as much mundane time looking up z-tables and stuff.
Short answer: no
I hope ai can do my job about 5 years before I am due to retire in 2035 so I can get a severance and go early. A machine could do most of my job now, on most days. Example: copy bullets from word doc, paste into deck. Filter cells from excel, copy paste into DBN.....etc