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The Dumbest Move in Tech Right Now: Laying Off Developers Because of AI(ppaolo.substack.com)

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ooo@sh.itjust.works
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Ironically, processing large amounts of data and making soft decisions and planning based on such data makes AI ideal for replacing C-suite members.

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sirdorius@programming.dev
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Let’s make a community powered, open source project to do this and watch them squirm when investors demand that million dollar CEOs get replaced with AI for higher investor returns.

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pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip
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The problem is that the AI won’t take a bribe to issue a return to office mandate to prop up their real estate holdings.

But we can patch that in version 2, I guess?

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masterspace@lemmy.ca
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Pointing this out in company wide meetings is a fun past time.

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taco@piefed.social
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Not to mention the cost savings difference. Developer salaries make a ChatGPT subscription look like a bargain. C-level salaries make racks of dedicated hardware to run local models look like one.

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