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[โ€“] devolution@lemmy.world 54 points 4 days ago (2 children)

We fire humans to prop up AI. But AI is so not there yet that we need humans to double check.

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[โ€“] fdnomad@programming.dev 29 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Yeah but the new humans are cheaper

This. This is one of the main reasons AI is being hyped by the tech bros. It's a powerful pretext to lay off hundreds of thousands of engineers across the sector and re-hire them as "contractors".

[โ€“] ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

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