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Uwe Friedrichsen

codecentric AG

CTO

IT veteran. Dot connector. Problem solver. Value tracker. AI navigator. Cartographer. Librarian. Translator. Polymath. System design. Resilience. Effectiveness. Simplification. Sustainability. Dislikes long bios. Tries to make IT a (bit) better place.

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Engineering leadership Intermediate

The 7 pitfalls of AI

Uwe Friedrichsen
Uwe Friedrichsen CTO at codecentric AG
AI Culture Engineering Leadership

AI everywhere. Companies hustling not to stay behind. However, things are not as easy as we are usually told if we want to leverage the power of AI successfully.

In this session, we will discuss 7 pitfalls that are often lost in the omnipresent AI clamor: Dangers of anthropomorphization, leaky abstractions, review fatigue, productivity traps, AI vampires, sovereignty issues, and more. Not all are easy to fix, but we need to find answers on our journey towards AI. Let’s explore together!

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