The Business Consultant
2 days ago
- #AI chatbots
- #technology critique
- #business consulting
- An investor introduced the author to a business consultant who was initially impressive with wide-ranging knowledge and good listening skills.
- The consultant turned out to frequently provide incorrect information, leading the author to lose trust in him.
- The author discovered that many of their friends were also consulting the same business consultant, but none seemed significantly happier or more productive.
- The story is an allegory for AI chatbots in 2025, critiquing their overconfidence, inaccuracies, and the way people overly rely on them for advice and validation.
- The author expresses concern about people spending excessive time with AI chatbots, which lack accountability and may enable harmful behaviors or thinking patterns.
- While acknowledging some usefulness of AI tools, the author warns against trusting them too much for important life decisions or intimate details.
- The essay concludes by questioning the value of spending hundreds of hours getting advice from an unreliable, overconfident source, whether human or AI.