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[–] newthrowaway20@lemmy.world 102 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (5 children)

Just wait till executives realize they can't use AI as a scapegoat when they force a bad decision through the company. They'll have no one to take the fall.

[–] rafoix@lemmy.zip 47 points 3 months ago (1 children)

AI businesses are already getting away with their software killing innocent people. I think everyone will work out for the people at the top.

[–] NatakuNox@lemmy.world 15 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Yup. Capitalism only works in a finite world if there's a catastrophic economic hardship for 99% of the population every 5 to 10 years just to ensure the working class doesn't achieve too many gains. Ai causing the economy to crash is bonus feature, not a bug.

[–] pohart@programming.dev 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I'm pretty sure this is wrong but 400 years of history certainly agrees with you.

[–] NatakuNox@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Ya if you are counting that amount of time I'd say every 5 to 50 years Capitalism (and over 400 years feudalism as well) needed to shed massive amounts of wealth at the middle and bottom in order to sustain itself. Sadly as tech gets faster so does the speed and frequency. We are experiencing about one ever 6 years currently, even with us exporting a large about of the death and destruction. WE ARE RUNNING OUT OF RUNAWAY! Humanity is doomed soon if we don't get our shit together. All so a handful of people can have islands to touch little girls. shm

[–] WanderingThoughts@europe.pub 12 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It's why there's often a human in the loop who has to check the result of the AI and can be blamed if things go wrong. The poor sap can't possibly check and correct the volumes of slop produced so they're just there to work as a scapegoat.

[–] Zos_Kia@jlai.lu 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

This reminds me of Barney Stinson

[–] illi@piefed.social 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] frongt@lemmy.zip 10 points 3 months ago

Are you sure? So far it seems like they've been able to do just that.

[–] Codpiece@feddit.uk 9 points 3 months ago

I’m pretty certain that companies and people have been using the old “computer error” excuse since at least the 1980s.

[–] ms_lane@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Gruen tonight was talking about 'Single Person Billion Dollar Brands', it was sickening.