"AI is just another tool, like email": IT director pushes back on consultants underestimating AI judgment
ITdirectorguy · reddit · 2026-10-09
An IT director vents about lagging consultant narratives after a conference: a senior global consultant's keynote repeated "AI-enabled workers will replace non-AI workers" and "AI has no judgement," while fellow panelists compared AI to "just another tool... like email."
His pushback: the average human also lacks judgment, and in his experience AI writes better than most people, is less emotionally fragile, and can spot risks across a wider range than even the best human experts. He expects these skeptics to be in for a shock.
The post captures the generational split between the "tool analogy" camp and the "capability leap" camp in enterprise AI adoption discussions.
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