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Brings to mind old wisdom: "A computer can never be held accountable, therefore a computer must never make a Management Decision." IBM presentation, 1979

k1t 2y ago
"A computer can never be held accountable, therefore all Management Decisions shall be made by a computer." - Management, 2 seconds later.
- lifeisstillgood 2y ago
  Therefore all management decisions are made by the people writing the code Hence coders are the new managers, managers just funnel the money around, a job which can be automated
  - intelVISA 2y ago
    Soon(tm)
lifeisstillgood 2y ago
Admittedly the context matters “we are trying to sell to Management, therefore let’s butter them up and tell them they make great decisions and they won’t get automated away” while the next page of the presentation says “we will Automate away 50% of the people Working for you saving globs of money for your next bonus” IBM in 1979 was not doing anything different to 2024. They were just more relevant
heresie-dabord 2y ago
> presentation, 1979 = Presentation, 21st Century A computer is not alive. A computer system is a tool that can do harm. It can be disconnected or unplugged like any tool in a machine shop that begins to do harm or damage. But a tool is not responsible. Only people are responsible. Accountability is anchored in reality by personal cost. = Notes Management calculates the cost of not unplugging the computer that is doing harm. Management often calculates that it is possible to pay the monetary cost for the harm done. People in management will abdicate personal responsibility. People try to avoid paying personal cost. We often hold people accountable by forcing them to give back (e.g. community service, monetary fines, return of property), by sacrificing their reputation in one or more domains, by putting them in jail (they pay with their time), or in some societies, by putting them to death ("pay" with their lives). Accountability is anchored in reality by personal cost.
RobotToaster 2y ago
See also: “To err is human, but to really foul things up requires a computer.” —Paul Ehrlich
- chgs 2y ago
  To err requires a computer To really foul things up requires scalability

k1t 2y ago

"A computer can never be held accountable, therefore all Management Decisions shall be made by a computer." - Management, 2 seconds later.

lifeisstillgood 2y ago
Therefore all management decisions are made by the people writing the code Hence coders are the new managers, managers just funnel the money around, a job which can be automated
- intelVISA 2y ago
  Soon(tm)

lifeisstillgood 2y ago

Admittedly the context matters “we are trying to sell to Management, therefore let’s butter them up and tell them they make great decisions and they won’t get automated away” while the next page of the presentation says “we will Automate away 50% of the people Working for you saving globs of money for your next bonus” IBM in 1979 was not doing anything different to 2024. They were just more relevant

heresie-dabord 2y ago

> presentation, 1979 = Presentation, 21st Century A computer is not alive. A computer system is a tool that can do harm. It can be disconnected or unplugged like any tool in a machine shop that begins to do harm or damage. But a tool is not responsible. Only people are responsible. Accountability is anchored in reality by personal cost. = Notes Management calculates the cost of not unplugging the computer that is doing harm. Management often calculates that it is possible to pay the monetary cost for the harm done. People in management will abdicate personal responsibility. People try to avoid paying personal cost. We often hold people accountable by forcing them to give back (e.g. community service, monetary fines, return of property), by sacrificing their reputation in one or more domains, by putting them in jail (they pay with their time), or in some societies, by putting them to death ("pay" with their lives). Accountability is anchored in reality by personal cost.

RobotToaster 2y ago

See also: “To err is human, but to really foul things up requires a computer.” —Paul Ehrlich

chgs 2y ago
To err requires a computer To really foul things up requires scalability