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[–] Zephorah@discuss.online 23 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

I feel like we’re watching billionaires race yachts. One person bought a yacht so then they all had to have a yacht and now they’re racing them against one another because gif done fucked up reason that competition really gets them off.

Only it’s AI/data centers instead of yachts.

[–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 3 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

The all need to race yachts because there is only space for one yacht on paradise island.

[–] 0x0@lemmy.zip 7 points 13 hours ago

You mean Epstein island?

[–] atropa@piefed.social 7 points 11 hours ago (1 children)
[–] null@lemmy.org 2 points 10 hours ago

Deleted Facebook, but everyone is know is still maintaining an IG.

[–] kescusay@lemmy.world 29 points 15 hours ago (3 children)

AI expected to create efficiencies

Couldn't help but chuckle at that bullet point. We should know by now that AI creates lots of cognitive debt and unstable, vibe-coded software, but one thing it absolutely doesn't seem to do is make things more efficient long term.

[–] yggstyle@lemmy.world 8 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

See we replaced people with costs to run virtual people that would make oracle blush. Are the virtual people any good? Goodness no.

[–] kescusay@lemmy.world 1 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Oh, but they provide hallucinations and bug-ridden, incomprehensible code faster than anyone! That's progress, right? Right?

[–] yggstyle@lemmy.world 3 points 9 hours ago

Through great effort we have molded this once analog curiosity into a digital ouroboros... to very nearly duplicate Kyle from accounting!

... Admittedly this would be the Kyle following the unfortunate kick to the head from that clydesdale.

Nevermind that! We've gone ahead and laid off the rest off accounting and now Kyle² is wielding immesurable power to... Oh. Oh dear.

[–] errer@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours ago

The problem here is “expected.” Maybe they’re right and AI will do what they say…well, show us the receipts first then before you ruin thousands of people’s lives?

[–] FallenWalnut@lemmy.world 29 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (2 children)

The layoffs could be as high as 20% of the company!

We can't keep rewarding Big Tech for choosing AI over people.

We need to make the switch to support smaller & better businesses - reminder about purchasewithpurpose.io to help you get started.

[–] GameOverFlow@lemmy.zip 17 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

Also we shout stop to buy us tech producs completly.

https://www.goeuropean.org/

[–] FallenWalnut@lemmy.world 4 points 16 hours ago

Agreed! There are lots of excellent EU-based alternatives.

[–] TuxEnthusiast@sopuli.xyz 0 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (2 children)

EU is going down the same path. The "EU alternative" stuff is just bogus. It's just a matter of time before EU starts doing the same.

[–] 0x0@lemmy.zip 4 points 13 hours ago

Chat Control comes to mind.

[–] GameOverFlow@lemmy.zip 1 points 14 hours ago

Us tech is on a completely different level evil wise. Maybe it gets worse but in the moment EU tech is much less evil. Just listen to what the openai ceo says in interviews. 

[–] ji59@hilariouschaos.com 1 points 15 hours ago

I don't think AI is to blame. They just don't need those people. I heard big tech hired a lot of people to steal them from smaller businesses, so they could not compete with them. If those employees had been useful to them, they wouldn't fire them.

[–] CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 13 hours ago

Running out of cash for the AI runway are we?

[–] rayyy@piefed.social 14 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

Yet people STILL use Meta. Friends and family say switching is too hard. They are comfortable with this shit.

[–] Zephorah@discuss.online 7 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Inertia is one of the primary negative forces that moves humanity.

[–] snooggums@piefed.world 1 points 12 hours ago

Keeps humanity moving in the same direction.

😉

[–] 0x0@lemmy.zip 3 points 13 hours ago

It's always the network effect.

[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 10 points 14 hours ago

They're throwing away the one asset that could dig them out of this hole, if only they'd admit they fucked up royally.

This bubble won't burst, it will explode.

Any ideas for how we can hasten the end? I sure would like to stop them before they build more data centers.

[–] shittydwarf@sh.itjust.works 9 points 15 hours ago
[–] yggstyle@lemmy.world 1 points 9 hours ago

I never expected to say... Man. I bet the investors are really wishing lizard man stuck with the metaverse.

[–] rants_unnecessarily@piefed.social 7 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

How about instead of cutting people who actually make money, you made that AI pay for itself?

[–] db2@lemmy.world 0 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (1 children)
[–] rants_unnecessarily@piefed.social 2 points 15 hours ago (2 children)
[–] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 2 points 13 hours ago

Bubble dollar

[–] db2@lemmy.world -3 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (2 children)

In the show the main character has a friend called Bubble Buddy, they purchase one of everything and the friend pays for it with Bubble Money which pops.

Also congrats on being the only person on earth who hasn't heard of Spongebob.

[–] acosmichippo@lemmy.world 5 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

being aware of the show doesn’t mean you understand a vague reference to one specific episode.

[–] db2@lemmy.world -2 points 11 hours ago

That's literally how memes work.

[–] rants_unnecessarily@piefed.social 3 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

I'm well aware of Sponge Bob and Mr. Krabs, thank you very much. That doesn't mean I know everything that has ever happened in every episode.

[–] db2@lemmy.world -1 points 11 hours ago
[–] ace_garp@lemmy.world 2 points 15 hours ago

Layoff the AI already :P