• ahal@lemmy.ca
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    4 months ago

    Microsoft argues that its AI automation will remove the boring bits of jobs instead of replacing jobs entirely.

    This argument is such bullshit. As if Microsoft doesn’t know there exist jobs that are entirely “the boring bits”.

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    4 months ago

    Short term yes; long term probably not. All the dipshit c-suites pushing the “AI” worker replacement initiatives are going to destroy their workforces and then realize that LLMs can’t actually reliably replace any of the workers they fired. And I love that for management.

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      2 months ago

      and then realize that LLMs can’t actually reliably replace any of the workers they fired.

      Depends on the job. Reliability is not really important to these companies. They can be imperfect and cost them money, but nowhere near as much as a human will cost them, and they’ll probably do the job better than the majority of them.

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        2 months ago

        Short term? Sure.

        Long term? Not a chance that equation works out favorably.

        But then again, c-suites these days only seem to give a shit about short-term implications.

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      4 months ago

      They’re gonna realize the two jobs it can actually replace is HR and the C suite.