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I was thinking about LLMs, productivity, the 'human tax', and other parameters from a different view.. "What if" (I am not counting the costs yet/at this point)
by HenryBemis 1y ago
I was thinking about LLMs, productivity, the 'human tax', and other parameters from a different view.. "What if" (I am not counting the costs yet/at this point)(numbers come from my head - no supporting documentation for them):
existing team produces 200
2/10ths of the team + LLM produces 200
existing team + LLM produces 4000
Of course that varies on the area/dept/function/etc. If I was a businessman, I would seek to see how with the same costs I can explode my productivity (quantity _and_ quality), keep team sizes the same and well fed, and let them take the business from +200 to +4000.
Now, I also have (constantly) in mind Orwell's "in front of your nose" [0], so some-one/some-company may sacrifice (as they usually do) the long term for the short term (shareholders must get their dividend _now_ or else...) and in which case, 'never let a crisis go to waste' let's all fire 20% of our staff, destroy benefits/salaries, and hire back everyone at 20%-30% less. Yes our companies will have less profit in the short term, but the cost saving (2y no pay, and afterwards 30% cheaper labour) would be great.
[0]: https://www.orwellfoundation.com/the-orwell-foundation/orwell/essays-and-other-works/in-front-of-your-nose/ https://www.orwellfoundation.com/the-orwell-foundation/orwel...