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AI layoffs (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 5 months ago by vga@sopuli.xyz to c/programmerhumor@lemmy.ml

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[–] hydroptic@sopuli.xyz 36 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

Considering that C-suite executives are usually fantastically expensive, they'd be a logical position to automate (assuming AI worked like suits think it does). For some veeeery strange reason no board of directors has suggested replacing themselves with AIs

[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 23 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It’d be super easy to replace Sam Altman with a bot that spits out keywords known to increase OpenAI shares.

Waitaminute… Sam alt-man?

[–] Skepticpunk@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

I know, right? It's like he's an incredibly shitty sci-fi villain.

[–] Hazzia@discuss.tchncs.de 21 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Sounds like they're not prioritizing the shareholders interests! Last I heard, that's a fireable offense!

[–] hydroptic@sopuli.xyz 12 points 5 months ago

It's almost like the rules don't apply to the moneyed class