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That's something odd with the recent AI hype. Companies that were already using AI, are making statements like this. Somehow they want to act like they are mak
by nitwit005 1y ago
That's something odd with the recent AI hype. Companies that were already using AI, are making statements like this.
Somehow they want to act like they are making a shift, rather than say they were ahead of the trend.
- chneu 1y agoThat's what businesses do. They want to lower payroll, always, and will use every new innovation to do it. The wording changes, the intention doesn't. If they could pay you nothing they would.
- goatlover 1y agoSounds like a flaw in the dominant economic model.
- ethbr1 1y agoI mean, labor is a significant component of prices for goods. But I expect the increasing income stratification of the 10s+ is a harbinger that we're running out of high-paying jobs for the number of people who are qualified for them. And the window is closing for countries to agree to something like a structural tax on AI with benefits going to society to address the ills. Absent that: further stratification, more employee-less businesses, and not a great future
- nitwit005 1y agoThis doesn't appear to relate to what I said.
- rsynnott 1y agoThe markets seem to like it, so if you go "we're going AI-first!" every six months, you'll get a little stock price boost. Actually _doing_ anything, naturally, is entirely optional. Expect this to repeat until the markets choose a new favourite thing (I'm betting on "quantum"; it's getting a lot of press lately and is nicely vague.)
- tart-lemonade 1y ago"We're going all in on AI" is the modern equivalent to adding .com to your company name to juice the stock price. It's utterly meaningless, yet it works shockingly well.