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while I think the author chose the wrong words here, I think they have a good point. It will be very, very tempting for companies to let people go when LLMs ca
by naikrovek 1y ago
while I think the author chose the wrong words here, I think they have a good point.
It will be very, very tempting for companies to let people go when LLMs can do everything that they envision the people doing. It is very hard to resist the cost savings that LLMs have over people. People who get sick, get married, go on vacation, have children, and sometimes just need a break, so they don't come in. LLMs always come in. LLMs always work.
Many executives see LLMs as the ideal replacement for humans in information roles. That is clearly batshit insane but the numbers really lean towards this if you're someone who is distant from people who work for you.
Companies would do well not to forget that companies are of people, by people, and for people. they exist solely to provide products or services to people, be it actual individuals or companies which are made up of people.
If companies ditch too many people in favor of automation, they'll find fewer customers for their goods. because people won't be able to afford them, or will have no need for them. it's not like there's some huge need for LLM trainers to take up the unemployment slack. There is no replacement industry this time.
- oharapj 1y agoIt doesn’t matter if companies ditch people or not. If AI progress continues at the current rate the world will be completely unrecognisable in 10 years. The consumer and capitalist systems are almost certainly not a part of that world and the people making AI know that
- vouaobrasil 1y agoThat is true. What will happen in with the world is that consumerism and capitalism will be pushed aside for direct technological construction. In this world, AI, rather than the market, optimizes.
- wizzwizz4 1y agoIf the people making AI knew that, then they wouldn't be trying to sell everyone on AI: they'd be keeping it for themselves (assuming selfishness). What we're seeing is exactly what you'd expect if the AI hype were, from capital's perspective, just another NFT-style grift.
- naikrovek 1y ago> The consumer and capitalist systems are almost certainly not a part of that world I'm not sure how you view the world in 10 years, and I would really like to know more about what you're meaning here, and I agree that things will be bonkers in 10 years, for one reason or another, if the pace of AI progress continues.