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The C-levels who jumped on the bandwagon are definitely not going to fall on their swords should it go south. They’ll blame the tech, fire some subordinates, su
by lp0_on_fire 9mo ago
The C-levels who jumped on the bandwagon are definitely not going to fall on their swords should it go south. They’ll blame the tech, fire some subordinates, suggest their customers for “not understanding it”, and their shareholders will eat it up as long as they get a pound of flesh.
- hackable_sand 9mo agoThey can't really stop swords falling on them though...
- lp0_on_fire 9mo agoThey’ll just move on to the next company that will hire them with a golden parachute. There’s minimal risk to the decision makers. Meanwhile, every one of us peons is significantly more at risk of losing our jobs whether we could be effectively replaced with these AI tools or not because our own C-level execs decided to drink the snake oil that is the current bubble.
- hackable_sand 9mo agoEveryone is a decision maker. Don't let your perceived lack of impact discourage you. For instance, I help my community by feeding them. It's small, but powerful.
- thewebguyd 9mo ago> suggest their customers for “not understanding it” See Microsoft's recent "We don't understand how you all are not impressed by AI." In the case of MS, you're right, Satya isn't going to fall on his own sword. They will just continue to bundle and raise prices, make it impossible to buy anything else (because you still need the other tools) and then pitch that to shareholders as success "Look how many people buy Copilot (even though it's forcefully bundled into every offering we sell("