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Why are people skeptical of AI?

Posted on 7/17/26 at 2:27 pm
Posted by wheelr
New Iberia
Member since Jul 2012
6175 posts
Posted on 7/17/26 at 2:27 pm
A lot of people woke up to $2,000,000,000 (billion) Amazon Web Service bills.



https://www.reddit.com/r/aws/comments/1uyuaw7/help_my_bill_skyrocketed_from_around_5_cents_per/

How does such a rich company manage this? They can't even afford a human to look at the bills before they go out?

Let's look at what they are focused on in the AWS Invoicing department:

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Software Development Engineer II, AWS Invoicing

Our platforms are powered by generative AI large language models, knowledge graphs, and agentic architectures that dynamically compose specialized agents based on context. We apply these capabilities across three reinforcing areas: intelligent launch readiness — where autonomous AI agents analyze, generate, and validate the information needed to go live in a new market; cloud-native service orchestration — where configuration-driven microservices replace per-launch bespoke engineering with centralized, reusable capabilities so that expanding into a new country becomes a zero-code configuration change rather than a development cycle; and continuous validation — where self-healing autonomous workflows manage the full validation lifecycle from planning through execution to intelligent failure diagnosis.

These three platforms feed into each other — the generative AI layer drives the orchestration layer, and the validation framework validates both, creating a closed-loop feedback system that improves accuracy and reliability with every launch. Together, they compress what has historically been a multi-month launch process into a matter of weeks.

We are looking for engineers who can help us build the platforms and tooling that will scale AWS's global expansion by an order of magnitude — with a growing backlog of market launches and a committed pipeline ahead.

In this role you will:

Design and build agentic AI systems that analyze, generate, and validate launch information across multiple countries, enabling domain experts to review in hours what previously took weeks. Build agentic architectures that compose specialized AI agents dynamically, enabling rapid iteration without code deployments and continuous learning from expert feedback. Architect configuration-driven pipelines so that launching a new market requires a config change, not a development cycle. Partner with engineers across service teams to make integration points configurable and testable by design, creating one-time investments that pay off on every subsequent launch. Build AI-driven continuous validation frameworks powered by agentic workflows and large language models that autonomously manage the full validation lifecycle. Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to close the feedback loop between AI-generated output and domain expertise. You're a good fit if you:

Have built or contributed to AI/ML systems in production — agentic workflows, LLM pipelines, knowledge graphs, or retrieval-augmented generation — and know the difference between a demo and a system experts trust. Think in systems — how configuration propagates across services, how validation maps to launch readiness, and how failures surface to the right team. Are comfortable with ambiguity, making architectural decisions with incomplete information and iterating based on real results. Write clean, testable code and care about operational excellence on systems that sit on the critical path of AWS's global expansion. Prefer partnering with another team to solve a problem at the source over building a workaround on your side. Want measurable impact — we track launch velocity, automation coverage, accuracy, and defect reduction. What makes this team different:

Every launch you accelerate opens a new market for AWS. You'll work across a state-of-the-art AI-powered platform that spans launch readiness, service orchestration, and continuous validation — not just one slice. We build AI systems that experts use daily and measure success by whether they trust the output enough to stop doing it manually. You'll spend real time understanding adjacent systems and codebases, not just calling their APIs.
Posted by wheelr
New Iberia
Member since Jul 2012
6175 posts
Posted on 7/17/26 at 2:29 pm to


Posted by SCLSUMuddogs
Baton Rouge
Member since Feb 2010
8532 posts
Posted on 7/17/26 at 2:31 pm to
Posted by BabyTac
Austin, TX
Member since Jun 2008
16988 posts
Posted on 7/17/26 at 2:31 pm to
Didn’t read any of that. AI has helped me tremendously in retirement and investment planning free of charge.
Posted by wheelr
New Iberia
Member since Jul 2012
6175 posts
Posted on 7/17/26 at 2:37 pm to
Your trolls aren't even good anymore. I'll help out though.

AI is great as an advanced search but maybe executives shouldn't be trying to replace people with AI and make such massive mistakes in production. Lots of customers talking about freaking out when opening their mail this morning.
Posted by jclem11
Chief Nihilist
Member since Nov 2011
9931 posts
Posted on 7/17/26 at 2:40 pm to
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BabyTac


You are an admitted thief. None of us take you seriously, bro.

Did you scam Academy again today?
Posted by Weekend Warrior79
Member since Aug 2014
22062 posts
Posted on 7/17/26 at 2:42 pm to
I hope he started by checking the couch cushions and under his mattress for some spare change
Posted by Darth_Vader
A galaxy far, far away
Member since Dec 2011
74304 posts
Posted on 7/17/26 at 2:46 pm to
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Why are people skeptical of AI?


I mean… have you never watched any of these movies?







This post was edited on 7/17/26 at 2:46 pm
Posted by Violent Hip Swivel
Member since Aug 2023
9753 posts
Posted on 7/17/26 at 2:52 pm to
quote:

AI has helped me tremendously in retirement and investment planning free of charge.


I made delightful chicken parm the other night, and I suck at cooking. THANKS, AI!
Posted by McCaigBro69
TigerDroppings Premium Member
Member since Oct 2014
45347 posts
Posted on 7/17/26 at 2:57 pm to
If I find out someone, personally, uses AI that I do business with, I cease conducting future business with them. No different than dealing with someone that is 300 pounds or overweight in general.

I see AI/personal respect as a litmus test for people I should engage and disengage with.
Posted by WaltTeevens
Santa Barbara, CA
Member since Dec 2013
12010 posts
Posted on 7/17/26 at 3:01 pm to
I don't think AI should be used as a replacement for people, but it's getting better. I asked it to come up with ideas for a comedy sketch I want to film. The ideas it came up with are miles better than two years ago.
Posted by mattz1122
Member since Oct 2007
56613 posts
Posted on 7/17/26 at 4:19 pm to
He doesn't like to practice
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