“ðĶððēðģðŪðŧ, ððŪð ðšðŪð°ðĩðð ðð ðēðķðīðēðŧððđðķð°ðĩ ðąðēðŧ ðīðŪðŧððēðŧ ð§ðŪðī” – ðąðŪð ðģðŋðŪðīððē ðšðķð°ðĩ ðšðēðķðŧðē ðĒðšðŪ ðļðĖðŋððđðķð°ðĩ…
My grandma is 93 and still pretty fit and curious for her age, but she has about as much to do with what I do as a vacuum cleaner has to do with a daisy…
My first impulse was to reply somewhat flippantly “ðĻðĶðīðĪðĐðĶðŠðĩ ðĨðĒðĐðĶðģ ðģðĶðĶðĨðĶðŊ”. However, I realized that fortunately that is exactly what I am NOT doing.
So after a moment’s thought, I said
“ðð°ðĩ ðēðŋðļðđðŪĖðŋðē ððēðððēðŧ, ðąðķðē ððķð°ðĩððķðīðē ððŧððð°ðĩðēðķðąððŧðīðēðŧ ððŋðēðģðģðēðŧ ðšðĖðððēðŧ, ððķðē ððžðšð―ðððēðŋ ððŧðą ððžðšð―ðððēðŋ-ðĢðŋðžðīðŋðŪðšðšðē ðģððŧðļððķðžðŧðķðēðŋðēðŧ – ððŧðą ðððŪðŋ ððž, ðąðŪðð ððķðē ðąðŪð ðŪðð°ðĩ ððēðŋðððēðĩðēðŧ ðļðžĖðŧðŧðēðŧ”.
From my point of view, that’s exactly the trick: ðšðŪðŧ ðšððð ð ðēðŧðð°ðĩðēðŧ ðąðžðŋð ðŪðŊðĩðžðđðēðŧ, ððž ððķðē ðððēðĩðēðŧ (like a “ððĢðĶðģ ð§ðķĖðģ ðð°ðŪðŪðķðŊðŠðŽðĒðĩðŠð°ðŊ”)… And don’t make yourself important with technical terms to show what you’ve got. This applies to companies just as much as it does to students.
ððēðēð― ðķð ððķðšð―ðđðē!
After all, how is a CEO or CIO supposed to get to grips with AI terms such as RAG, LLM, GPT, MongoDB, Python, AIaaS, REST API, HuggingFace, ML, …?
At the end of such a discussion, there are more questions than answers – and as a CxO, you often don’t dare to admit that you have understood far too little. And decisions are then made on this basis? Well bravo…
That is why it is important that court opinions are written so that judges understand them, specifications so that developers understand them, processes so that business students understand them, textbooks so that students understand them, instructions so that users understand them and management decisions are prepared so that managers understand them! … and can sleep peacefully afterwards.
Of course, you have to go into depth from time to time and understand and discuss in detail what is meant by the terms. But always in such a way that you don’t “lose” anyone.
ðŠðēðŧðŧ ðĶðķðē ðŪðđððž ðšðŪðđ ðēðķðŧðēðŧ “ððŋðļðđðŪĖðŋ-ððŪĖðŋðēðŧ” ðŊðŋðŪðð°ðĩðēðŧ, ðąðēðŋ ððĩðŋðē ðĶð―ðŋðŪð°ðĩðē ðð―ðŋðķð°ðĩð ððŧðą ðąðēðš ðĶðķðē ððž ðđðŪðŧðīðē ðēðķðŧ ððžð°ðĩ ðķðŧ ðąðēðŧ ððŪðð°ðĩ ðģðŋðŪðīðēðŧ ðļðžĖðŧðŧðēðŧ, ðŊðķð ðĶðķðē ððķð°ðĩ ððķð°ðĩðēðŋ ðģðĖðĩðđðēðŧ – ðŋððģðēðŧ ðĶðķðē ðšðķð°ðĩ ðŪðŧ!
#informatikersindcool#explainbearsalso#communication#pickupwodubist
P.S.: I can of course also play buzzword bingo. But honestly: who wants to do that…
