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I'll be no longer using or recommending Perplexity. This behaviour is unacceptable. It's one thing to make it an eventual goal to replace workers with AI, it's

by xemoka 2y ago

I'll be no longer using or recommending Perplexity. This behaviour is unacceptable. It's one thing to make it an eventual goal to replace workers with AI, it's another to step in and say "hey, our AI can be your labour" when there is a labour dispute in progress. Saying nothing was the correct response, or even "if AI was your labour, this wouldn't happen". But to offer to replace a striking workforce is super shitty.

JumpCrisscross 2y ago
> when there is a labour dispute in progress The Times is suing Perplexity. This is a publicity stunt. From the looks of it a damn successful one.
- Loughla 2y ago
  Publicity stunt or not, this tells me everything I need to know about this company.
  - alephnerd 2y ago
    You're not the target demographic. It's an enterprise play.
- apwell23 2y ago
  > From the looks of it a damn successful one. Not sure what makes this 'successful
  - alephnerd 2y ago
    > Not sure what makes this 'successful You're talking about it. Also highlights to Perplexity's enterprise customers (who is their primary market) their value.
    - Uehreka 2y ago
      > You're not the target demographic. It's an enterprise play. > You're talking about it. I love these kinds of arguments. If we think the marketing isn’t working then we’re not important enough to matter, but then also the fact that we’re talking about it matters and shows that it’s working.
      - alephnerd 2y ago
        Why? You aren't a persona who is targeted at all by Perplexity's product. It's not a B2C or individual DevTool. They've raised their Series A and B for an Enterprise Sales (ie. F1000 and strategics) motion.
ConspiracyFact 2y ago
It’s one thing to have a goal, and another thing to take concrete action in line with that goal…?
Yizahi 2y ago
But what if they rebrand into Anthropic or Humane? Won't it change everything, signifying how they care about lowly humanses :)
dimava 2y ago
> Though TechCrunch asked Perplexity for comment, Srinivas responded to TechCrunch’s post on X saying that “the offer was not to ‘replace’ journalists or engineers with AI but to provide technical infra support on a high-traffic day.” The striking workers in question, however, are the ones who provide that service to the NYT. It’s not really clear what services other than AI tools Perplexity could offer, or why they would not amount to replacing the workers in question. (However, in response to the clarification, we have opted to change the headline to reflect the claim that this offer was not necessarily specific to AI services.)

by xemoka 2y ago

JumpCrisscross 2y ago

> when there is a labour dispute in progress The Times is suing Perplexity. This is a publicity stunt. From the looks of it a damn successful one.

Loughla 2y ago
Publicity stunt or not, this tells me everything I need to know about this company.
- alephnerd 2y ago
  You're not the target demographic. It's an enterprise play.
apwell23 2y ago
> From the looks of it a damn successful one. Not sure what makes this 'successful
- alephnerd 2y ago
  > Not sure what makes this 'successful You're talking about it. Also highlights to Perplexity's enterprise customers (who is their primary market) their value.
  - Uehreka 2y ago
    > You're not the target demographic. It's an enterprise play. > You're talking about it. I love these kinds of arguments. If we think the marketing isn’t working then we’re not important enough to matter, but then also the fact that we’re talking about it matters and shows that it’s working.
    - alephnerd 2y ago
      Why? You aren't a persona who is targeted at all by Perplexity's product. It's not a B2C or individual DevTool. They've raised their Series A and B for an Enterprise Sales (ie. F1000 and strategics) motion.

ConspiracyFact 2y ago

It’s one thing to have a goal, and another thing to take concrete action in line with that goal…?

Yizahi 2y ago

But what if they rebrand into Anthropic or Humane? Won't it change everything, signifying how they care about lowly humanses :)

dimava 2y ago

> Though TechCrunch asked Perplexity for comment, Srinivas responded to TechCrunch’s post on X saying that “the offer was not to ‘replace’ journalists or engineers with AI but to provide technical infra support on a high-traffic day.” The striking workers in question, however, are the ones who provide that service to the NYT. It’s not really clear what services other than AI tools Perplexity could offer, or why they would not amount to replacing the workers in question. (However, in response to the clarification, we have opted to change the headline to reflect the claim that this offer was not necessarily specific to AI services.)