I’ve just witnessed a horrific LinkedIn trend in person.
There’s an increasing contingent of cultists saying:
“We should refer to the field of IT as ‘AI’ because that’s what the future is”
I’m not sure what podcast they heard it on, but some guy just said to me:
“You work in AI, don’t you?”
Um… no? Security and IT
“Yeah, AI”
This person made a choice to attend a major tech conference and be this stupid.
Stop the planet, I’m disembarking.
Security Writer :donor:
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2026-04-21 07:27:09 UTC
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