Sam John

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[Hiroshi Suzuki @AmbJapanUK]

So hot💦
Perfect day to visit Fuller’s!!😄

[Peter Girnus 🦅 @gothburz]

Last quarter I rolled out Microsoft Copilot to 4,000 employees.

$30 per seat per month.

$1.4 million annually.

I called it "digital transformation."

The board loved that phrase.

They approved it in eleven minutes.

No one asked what it would actually do.

Including me.

I told everyone it would "10x productivity."

That's not a real number.

But it sounds like one.

HR asked how we'd measure the 10x.

I said we'd "leverage analytics dashboards."

They stopped asking.

Three months later I checked the usage reports.

47 people had opened it.

12 had used it more than once.

One of them was me.

I used it to summarize an email I could have read in 30 seconds.

It took 45 seconds.

Plus the time it took to fix the hallucinations.

But I called it a "pilot success."

Success means the pilot didn't visibly fail.

The CFO asked about ROI.

I showed him a graph.

The graph went up and to the right.

It measured "AI enablement."

I made that metric up.

He nodded approvingly.

We're "AI-enabled" now.

I don't know what that means.

But it's in our investor deck.

A senior developer asked why we didn't use Claude or ChatGPT.

I said we needed "enterprise-grade security."

He asked what that meant.

I said "compliance."

He asked which compliance.

I said "all of them."

He looked skeptical.

I scheduled him for a "career development conversation."

He stopped asking questions.

Microsoft sent a case study team.

They wanted to feature us as a success story.

I told them we "saved 40,000 hours."

I calculated that number by multiplying employees by a number I made up.

They didn't verify it.

They never do.

Now we're on Microsoft's website.

"Global enterprise achieves 40,000 hours of productivity gains with Copilot."

The CEO shared it on LinkedIn.

He got 3,000 likes.

He's never used Copilot.

None of the executives have.

We have an exemption.

"Strategic focus requires minimal digital distraction."

I wrote that policy.

The licenses renew next month.

I'm requesting an expansion.

5,000 more seats.

We haven't used the first 4,000.

But this time we'll "drive adoption."

Adoption means mandatory training.

Training means a 45-minute webinar no one watches.

But completion will be tracked.

Completion is a metric.

Metrics go in dashboards.

Dashboards go in board presentations.

Board presentations get me promoted.

I'll be SVP by Q3.

I still don't know what Copilot does.

But I know what it's for.

It's for showing we're "investing in AI."

Investment means spending.

Spending means commitment.

Commitment means we're serious about the future.

The future is whatever I say it is.

As long as the graph goes up and to the right.

[Swansea City AFC @SwansOfficial]

The Life of O'Brien 🌍

[daRealAAkinfenwa @daRealAkinfenwa]

Go do the business today. @SwansOfficial 💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿

[Ryan Reynolds @VancityReynolds]

#BottleCapChallenge #Glass @AviationGin

[Ryan Reynolds @VancityReynolds]

Damn... RIP Stan. Thanks for everything.

[𝙅𝙤𝙚 𝘽𝙖𝙧𝙧𝙚𝙩𝙩 @jbjoebarrett]

week 3 of uni. still don't understand anything. bag is overflowing with loose paper notes that only half make sense. deadlines are coming on work i havent started and i cant remember the password for my uni account.

[Chilled Chaos @ChilledChaos]

You ever just wake up and go holy shit I have a big nose?

[bill wurtz @billwurtz]

might sell myself into slavery

[Post Malone @PostMalone]

hey guys, i know a lot of you guys were expecting a project today, it won't be dropping for a little while. I'm sorry to let you down, but i need to make sure this album is perfect for you. I'm gonna keep working my ass off and make the best fucking album ever. i love ya. 💕🍻

[Sam John @MrSam_John]

For #salt&vinegar – I’m voting for Walkers Salt & Vinegar! #chooseorlose https://t.co/fm085BdlWr

[Sam John @MrSam_John]

I’m voting for Walkers Prawn Cocktail! #chooseorlose https://t.co/oeoaU4La1d

[Because I'm a Guy @CauseWereGuys]

🐐

[Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump]

#FraudNewsCNN #FNN

[Seán @seandav98]

end of an era #TCM

[Sam John @MrSam_John]

@seandav98

[The Poisonous Euros Atmosphere Fan @DawnHFoster]

How could you vote for someone who looks miserable after being given free chips

[UNCLEoyebanjo 🇳🇬 @BIGbadBanjo]

Has the boy on the left got a snapchat filter on or is that his actual heed 😭😭😭😭😭