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From: Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com>
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Subject: Re: Facebook Account
Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2024 12:11:35 -0700
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On Tue, 20 Aug 2024 14:01:43 -0400, Radey Shouman
<shouman@comcast.net> wrote:

>A great deal of programming is done today by AIs (Actual Indians).  

In about 1999, management was experimenting with outsourcing a product
design to someone they found on monster.com in India.  I was not
directly involved in this product.  The manager would call India about
once per week to obtain status updates.  One day, he mentioned that he
had called and received a "no progress" report because of a holiday.
As the project continued, such "no progress" reports continued to be
quite frequent.  As you might suspect, the project was late and poorly
designed.  Hint:
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_India>

I could also expound on some more past outsourcing horror stories but
it's less work to just post a link so I don't need to violate an NDA
in order to tell the story:
<https://www.google.com/search?q=outsourcing+horror+stories>

>I won't hold my breath waiting for artificial intelligence to become
>reliable or cost effective.

I believe that AI will eventually become an improvement over
outsourcing.

-- 
Jeff Liebermann                 jeffl@cruzio.com
PO Box 272      http://www.LearnByDestroying.com
Ben Lomond CA 95005-0272
Skype: JeffLiebermann      AE6KS    831-336-2558