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CEOs say generative AI will result in job cuts in 2024 (arstechnica.com)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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And last year they were all saying some variation on "don't worry, AI is not going to cost anyone their jobs."

Key take away for anyone is to never trust what an executive is saying. Much like a politician, if their lips are moving they are probably lying.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I mean we saw this in 2023. Companies fired people and replaced them with AI that was unable to do the job.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 9 months ago

Reminds me of the John Deere strike, where the back-office folks were told they needed to fill in for the machinists and truckers.

People literally do not understand what a LLM does, how it is useful, or why it would be employed. Its like firing your hospital staff and filling every room with an MRI machine, a stethoscope, and a sign that reads "You figure it out".