Oh, *Another* AI Platform. Seriously?

Right, so Salesforce, bless their perpetually-behind-the-curve hearts, have announced “AgentForce 360”. What is it? Apparently, it’s a new AI layer for their Sales Cloud, designed to automate… wait for it… *more* stuff for sales reps. Because what those poor souls really need is another goddamn tool to manage. It’s basically trying to be everything – coaching, forecasting, task management, all wrapped up in some shiny AI bullshit.

They’re throwing around terms like “data unification” and “Einstein Copilot” (because *everything* needs a copilot now) and promising increased productivity. Yeah, right. More likely it’ll be another buggy mess that requires dedicated teams of consultants to wrangle into something vaguely useful. They are also trying to integrate with Microsoft Teams because they clearly can’t stand on their own two feet.

The real story here isn’t the features (which, let’s be honest, sound like every other enterprise AI platform), it’s that *everyone* is scrambling for a piece of this AI pie. Microsoft, Google, Oracle – they’re all doing the same damn thing. It’s an arms race to see who can build the most overcomplicated system no one actually wants.

And naturally, there’s a price tag involved. Expect it to cost a fortune and deliver… well, probably less than promised. They are trying to sell this as a way to “future-proof” your business. More like future-proof their revenue streams, if you ask me.

Honestly, I’m starting to think the only real AI innovation happening is in figuring out how to charge more for less functionality. Don’t even get me started on the “trust layer” they keep banging on about. It’s just marketing fluff to distract from the inevitable data breaches and privacy nightmares.

Source: TechCrunch

Speaking of overcomplicated systems, I once had to debug a Cisco router that was running so many custom scripts it basically needed its own operating system. Turns out some idiot thought it would be clever to automate everything using Perl. Perl! The whole thing crashed every Tuesday at 3 AM. Good times. Reminds me of this Salesforce garbage, honestly.

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