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Reminds me of this: https://youtu.be/rYaZ57Bn4pQ https://youtu.be/rYaZ57Bn4pQ It was a joke video from the onion about outsourcing their own jobs to India. Thi

Reminds me of this: https://youtu.be/rYaZ57Bn4pQ https://youtu.be/rYaZ57Bn4pQ It was a joke video from the onion about outsourcing their own jobs to India. This is kinda the same but with AI. I know it's only for translation now but how long until "copilot" joins meetings on my behalf?

hulitu 2y ago
> I know it's only for translation now but how long until "copilot" joins meetings on my behalf? Well, they have my voice (Teams), they have my image and biometrics (Windows Hello for business), they know everything i do a the computer (Recall) so they can replace me with an AI. Just think at the next headlines: Microsoft increases the price of Office 365 bundling a new feature: virtual employees.
- sunaookami 2y ago
  >virtual employees Then we hold virtual meetings where virtual managers create PowerPoint slides with AI and virtual employees "listen" and in the end AI summarizes everything into something no one will ever read? :D
  - tempodox 2y ago
    > something no one will ever read? No, they train the next LLM on it.
    - lloeki 2y ago
      While grey goo is about matter, this appears to be a grey energy scenario: one where machines run amok eating all possible energy in an exponential feedback loop of uselessness, driving civilisations to oblivion. While the civilisations are long-gone, they build up the Kardashev ladder for the sole purpose of producing more of nothing. Finally, all cosmic resources being expanded, they shut down. Since nobody remained to observe, it is unknown whether in a brief flash of self-awareness, realising the meaninglessness futility of their existence, the machines commited suicide.
gtirloni 2y ago
AGI? It's either a few days or a thousand year away.
_def 2y ago
If the meetig consists only of copilots then, I might be fine with it
marcus0x62 2y ago
Real life, but China instead of India: https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-21043693 https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-21043693 Only tangentially related, but hustle culture meets remote work: https://www.reddit.com/r/overemployed https://www.reddit.com/r/overemployed
rnabhsj 2y ago
This is a great comment. Apart from a phishing tool, this is an outsourcing tool. Remember that we need more people to learn how to code (the corporate nonsense that many developers here and elsewhere amplified in 2018)!
airstrike 2y ago
LOL great video! Also FYI someone actually decided to lived by that principle and even wrote a NYT bestseller about it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_4-Hour_Workweek https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_4-Hour_Workweek

hulitu 2y ago

> I know it's only for translation now but how long until "copilot" joins meetings on my behalf? Well, they have my voice (Teams), they have my image and biometrics (Windows Hello for business), they know everything i do a the computer (Recall) so they can replace me with an AI. Just think at the next headlines: Microsoft increases the price of Office 365 bundling a new feature: virtual employees.

sunaookami 2y ago
>virtual employees Then we hold virtual meetings where virtual managers create PowerPoint slides with AI and virtual employees "listen" and in the end AI summarizes everything into something no one will ever read? :D
- tempodox 2y ago
  > something no one will ever read? No, they train the next LLM on it.
  - lloeki 2y ago
    While grey goo is about matter, this appears to be a grey energy scenario: one where machines run amok eating all possible energy in an exponential feedback loop of uselessness, driving civilisations to oblivion. While the civilisations are long-gone, they build up the Kardashev ladder for the sole purpose of producing more of nothing. Finally, all cosmic resources being expanded, they shut down. Since nobody remained to observe, it is unknown whether in a brief flash of self-awareness, realising the meaninglessness futility of their existence, the machines commited suicide.

gtirloni 2y ago

AGI? It's either a few days or a thousand year away.

_def 2y ago

If the meetig consists only of copilots then, I might be fine with it

marcus0x62 2y ago

Real life, but China instead of India: https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-21043693 https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-21043693 Only tangentially related, but hustle culture meets remote work: https://www.reddit.com/r/overemployed https://www.reddit.com/r/overemployed

rnabhsj 2y ago

This is a great comment. Apart from a phishing tool, this is an outsourcing tool. Remember that we need more people to learn how to code (the corporate nonsense that many developers here and elsewhere amplified in 2018)!

airstrike 2y ago

LOL great video! Also FYI someone actually decided to lived by that principle and even wrote a NYT bestseller about it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_4-Hour_Workweek https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_4-Hour_Workweek