I’d rather talk to AI than go to another meeting. Ft Alexia Cambon
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Summary
Alexia Cambon would rather talk to AI than attend another meeting, and Kareem gets it. She's stuck in about 10 meetings a day on average, which sounds like corporate hell. The conversation spirals from meeting overload to Kareem's AI assistant named Kareem.ai that takes notes in video calls, then to his wife allegedly trying to cheat on him with an AI. Alexia works with Microsoft and believes AI can help you skip meetings entirely by catching you up afterward, which tracks when you're getting interrupted every two minutes by notifications. Kareem admits he just wants a servant, not some judgment-passing robot trying to improve him. The irony? This subway chat is technically a meeting too, but at least you're going somewhere. Literally.
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So, what's your take? I would rather talk to AI than go to another meeting. 100% agree. Meeting overload, man. Every everybody wants to have a meeting. Why do they want to have so many meetings? I mean, I think it's because they like talking to me, but I could be wrong about that.
You really think that people want to have meetings with you? That's how narcissistic I am. This is technically a meeting. I would do all my meetings on the subway if I could.
That's a good idea. At least you get a nice view. You You get to see people and you're actually going somewhere, which is not the case for meetings in general. Quite literally.
How many meetings a day do you have? Oh my gosh, probably about 10 on average a day.
Is there a way to not be in 10 meeting? Why don't you just say no? I think because we have become so used to thinking that meetings are the only way we can get work done. But genuinely, I do believe that now with AI, you are able to skip a meeting and get the same information as if you attended the meeting. I think you can skip a meeting no matter what. On average, we're interrupted every 2 minutes a day by a notification. I have a little robot that goes into my video calls and he sends out a transcript and his name is Kareem.ai.
So, let me ask you, do you think some of the people you talk to would prefer to talk to your AI than to you? No. Everyone loves me. That's why I'm in so many meetings. I'm pretty sure a lot of people who have one-on-ones with me would rather talk to my AI than to me.
What can I say? They want— That's why they take these kind of meetings with you. Meetings are not the problem. The people setting the meetings are the problem. Hence, I'd rather talk to my AI than go to another meeting. I love my AI.
Is he a friendly AI or have you programmed him to be— He doesn't talk. He just takes notes.
What if he tried to make you a better person? No, no, no. I just want a servant.
I kind of feel bad for your AI now. He doesn't have feelings.
That is true. He won't judge you. That's why I like talking to AI. They don't judge you. My wife literally tried to cheat on me with an AI to have.
I think every couple sets their own boundaries, Kareem. My AI is trying to attract my wife by sending her memes, and that's not fair.
She owns her AI, right? She doesn't have an AI.
Well, sounds like she should get one. I'm sorry, K. I have a meeting. I got to go. I got a meeting I got to get to.