Direction (GIGO)

My Friday Thought: A rocket can make you get to your destination significantly faster, but it has to at least be pointing in the right direction.

With all the conversations on Large Language Models (LLM) and AI, I am reminded of the basic principle of Garbage In, Garbage Out. Can AI make you faster and more effectively? I am not personally the expert to support or disprove that however, if it can you need the right astronaut else you will end up in the centre of the earth over at the moon.

One thing I believe is that inexperienced engineers are unlikely to be able to use the tooling effectively. Just like someone who has just passed their driving test for a car is unlikely to be the astronaut you pop into the mission to get your ship to its correct destination. Experience doesn't always mean you're the best person to undertake the role/task, but it can significantly help.

If your focus is only on getting 'there' fast or getting loads of 'something' then you might get it fast, but it might be to the wrong location, or you might have loads of it, but it could all be useless. What we really need is to empower those who know the ability to use the best tool to do their job, and those who are learning the space to understand the concepts.