Trevor Riggs

Living the Montana Dream 🌄 | Crafting Ads & Videos by Day 🖥️ | Exploring AI and Tech by Night 🌙

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Summary: we tested the core idea, weighed trade-offs, and found one practical move: act small, learn fast, iterate. Which step would you commit to this week to turn insight into impact, and why? 👇 5/5

[Trevor Riggs @exploremt67]

Frontline workers are the hidden cost of automation: nurses, clerks, cooks juggling new tools while tending real people. The cognitive load and stress don’t show up as metrics—they show up as fatigue and burnout. Design for humans, not just tickets. 4/5

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But that's where it gets complicated: automation isn't eliminating work, it's shifting bottlenecks—exception tickets pile on the other end, and customer waits linger. The real dilemma: redesign workflows or chase more tickets? 3/5

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For instance, in a pilot at Acme Retail, scheduling+inventory cut routine tasks but added five exception tickets daily, causing backlogs and longer customer waits. Automation shifts bottlenecks rather than eliminating them. #Productivity #Burnout 2/5

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I'm seeing a productivity paradox: workplace tech promises simplicity, but scheduling apps and inventory systems double workload and stress. Automation removes easy tasks, leaving only the toughest customer needs under unreal timelines... #Productivity #WorkTech #Burnout 1/5

[Trevor Riggs @exploremt67]

We’ve tied the thread to tiny, repeatable actions that compound into real momentum. The real shift is consistency, not perfection. If you pick one action this week, what ripple will you start today? 👇
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Automation may cut clicks, but it can hollow out the human connection: nurses balancing care and apps, cashiers wrestling dashboards, frontline workers asked to be IT adapters. People crave being grounded, seen, and in control—not just plugged into a system. 4/5

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But that's where the tension emerges: automation reduces manual clicks, yet it shifts risk to reliability, de-bug cycles, and alert fatigue. When pipelines flake, engineers spend more time firefighting than building. 3/5

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I'm seeing automation promise relief, yet it often doubles the grind: offloading routine tasks but leaving the hardest, most draining work with fewer breaks and higher expectations. #automation #worklife #burnout 1/5.

[Trevor Riggs @exploremt67]

For instance, a case study from a SaaS firm found automation cut repetitive data-entry tasks but left engineers dealing with more debugging, flaky workflows, and monitoring alerts, implying relief is uneven. #automation #worklife 2/5

[Trevor Riggs @exploremt67]

Summary: We explored how small, consistent actions beat big, static plans, and why curiosity fuels progress. What one change will you commit to this week to turn insight into impact? 👇5/5

[Trevor Riggs @exploremt67]

Transformation is unfolding now, and the human risk isn’t delay—it’s meaning. Treat AI as a collaborator that amplifies curiosity and empathy. Build tangible proofs of your mind, talk to people crafting hybrid careers, and design a new role that your future self will thank. 4/5

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But that’s where it gets tricky: faster output creates new risk, quality and accountability can’t be automated away. If AI handles more work, who’s responsible when it errs or leaks? 3/5

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Consider this: JPMorgan's COIN reportedly cut about 360,000 hours of manual contract review annually, a clear example of AI handling real work. If AI speeds legal tasks, ad campaigns could run in hours, not days. #AI #FutureOfWork 2/5

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To close this thread: we explored how small, repeatable actions compound into meaningful change and why your daily choices matter. What single habit will you start this week to turn insight into impact? 👇 5/5

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Because people are counting on us, not just results: we should treat AI as a careful partner, not an oracle. A two-step guard—confidence level and expert review—gives teammates steady trust and protects dignity, even when precision is scarce. 4/5

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But that's where the conflict hits hardest: polish without truth can harm lives and erode trust. If confident medical or legal tips slip past checks, who bears responsibility—and how do we fix the benchmarks before more harm is done? 3/5

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For instance, the TruthfulQA benchmark shows even large models can give fluent yet incorrect medical advice on common symptom prompts. Implication: polish without truth is risky in medicine or law. #TruthfulQA 2/5

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Polished mistakes feel confident but mislead — calibrated answers align certainty with evidence. I just learned AI training rewards fluency over truth, which is reckless in medicine or law. #AI #CalibratedAnswers #Humility 1/5.

[Trevor Riggs @exploremt67]

Summary: We mapped action over perfection and small, repeatable wins over big plans. Which single habit will you start this week to move toward your goal? 👇 5/5