Let’s put ourselves in a situation imagining, for a moment, this scene. You are in the office, all busy, typing, concentrated on their screens. But if you approach, you discover that there are someone else who is using chatgpt, co -pilot, gemini or some other artificial intelligence chatbot to facilitate daily work.
It is no rarity, since, at the end of 2024, Chatgpt was already present in 76% of the world’s offices and one in three employees used it regularly. But here comes the curious: an important part of those workers does it in secret, without telling their boss or their classmates.
However, Nobody recognizes it openly and is precisely for this reason that it has become the worst saved secret of the working world today.
As for the reasons, comment that, on the one hand, it is obvious that there is fear of being seen as ‘less professional’ or ‘less capable’. Many fear that, if they tell everyone who use AI, their boss or their classmates think they are not able to do the job for themselves and, the truth is that it is a very logical thought.
Of course, here add the opinion of Aitor Pastor, CEO of Disia, interviewed for Computer today, Who considers that this has even evolved at a new level: «This situation has been turned around, now we see all the Management Committees, management joints and shareholders who, without knowing how, what, in what way, or where, promote the implementation of AI, at all costs, as if their position depended on it.»
Despite this, and according to several recent studies, Up to 68% of professionals who use chatgpt at work have not told their boss. «The real risk is not for people to use, but that they do not do it»Resume Amit Bendov, Ceo de Gong, a platform de ia.
On the other hand, there are companies that still do not have a clear policy about the use of AI, so many, without having to resign themselves to not being able to use it, they do it inal with the doubt in the air of not knowing if it is allowed, if you have to ask permission and the implications that this could have.
The result is a kind of double life as if it were a marriage. AI is used in silence, as an invisible friend, while everyone pretends that the work remains the usual and that thousands of hours of effort dedicate in something that is false.
Now, What happens when the secret comes to light? What risks do you have for employees and companies? What happens to this person?
Well, the truth is that when the secret comes to light, it is most likely that, if it is not completely allowed or regulated by your company, you touch conversation.
In the best cases, his initiative is recognized and asked to be somewhat more honest in the future. In the worst, you know what could happen, although, honestly, it is unlikely, unless there is a very strict policy due to the sector in which you work, which expressly prohibits its use.
One of the greatest fears is that AI ends up replacing people
If everyone knows what you use to do your job, why not directly hire the machine and throw the human street?
This question surely have been done, especially in sectors where automation is already razing. Therefore, they prefer to remain silent and continue selling their work as ‘personalized’ and ‘unique’.
The impact is so great that Almost half of the companies that use Chatgpt have already replaced a worker with AI, and 93% plans to increase their use in the coming years.
However, not everything is negative and many employees recognize, in private, of course, that AI has changed their lives. It helps them to be more productive, to learn new things and have more time for other things.
«What I have been seeing is that you do not take into account what kind of tasks you can do with artificial intelligence, and there are many tasks that are not advisable to perform with this technology that are being done in a» silent «way in order not to have to work, obtaining a poor result,» says Aitor Pastor.
The biggest problem may have companies, which, on the one hand, want to take advantage of AI to be more competitive, but, on the other, they are afraid of legal, ethical and reputational risks of an uncontrolled use. It still flutters through the air the doubt what happens if an employee uses AI to write a very important report and the AI makes a serious mistake. Here who should pay for broken dishes?
Therefore, many companies are beginning to create internal policies on the use of this technology. Some allow it, but require transparency and supervision. Others prohibit it directly, at least until they have more information about the risks. And there are companies that prefer to look the other way, waiting for the problem to be solved alone.
The future is clear and goes through AI, yes, but without hiding
The worst save secret of the office cannot last forever. There is no doubt that AI is here to stay, and it will be increasingly difficult to hide its use. The important point here is in transparency and in recognizing that AI is part of the work and train employees to use it as it should.
38% of those who use Chatgpt claim that they have received a salary increase thanks to the improvement in their performance. Of course, this is not just a fashion and AI is changing the way of working and who stays with the best positions.
«Just as more value and wealth were provided in the field with the arrival of agricultural machinery, today,» the machines «are entering the office, and if the value of a country depends on how productive it is its workforce, we must not penalize its use, provided that it is not improper,» concludes the expert.
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Tags: Artificial Intelligence, Work, Software