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[–] CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 days ago

We were recently forced to take AI training at work and this was exactly one of the training scenarios used, a financial analyst who needs to send a report to the CFO could just dump all the documents into Gemini and send the output out so that they didnt have to spend any time actually reading the corporate financial reports. I was horrified when I heard it but apparently we're all supposed to have faith in our new AI overlords and put the pedal to the metal accelerating toward iur own demise.

[–] shyguyblue@lemmy.world 127 points 1 week ago

This is the Doom loop, says the fucking ringleader...

[–] CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de 73 points 1 week ago (1 children)

This is the guy who’s head of Office. The person responsible for greenlighting Copilot in Excel

[–] Smokeless7048@lemmy.world 46 points 1 week ago

Or, even worse, renaming office 360 to copilot

[–] saltesc@lemmy.world 64 points 1 week ago

You made your bed now sleep in it, you prince.

[–] kn33@lemmy.world 55 points 1 week ago (2 children)

"EV President" who the fuck says this? It's "Executive VP"

[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 61 points 1 week ago

He's actually an electric vehicle

[–] pulsewidth@lemmy.world 24 points 1 week ago

"My one condition for this interview - I must be referred to with my President title in full, not shortened to VP. People always focus on the 'executive' part and forget the President part. It's important."

Reporter:
K.

[–] tengkuizdihar@programming.dev 52 points 1 week ago

"god i hate this slop, i wish it could stop!", said the president of the slop factory

[–] rem26_art@fedia.io 37 points 1 week ago

wild that this has basically become "you guys need to take some personal responsibility and use AI in a way that is useful and makes us a return on our insane investment"

[–] fbn@slrpnk.net 34 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] frongt@lemmy.zip 22 points 1 week ago

Let's be real, performance reviews have always been slop.

[–] cheers_queers@lemmy.zip 28 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Reddit is reportedly thinking of cancelling its AI training contracts with Google, after realizing that Google's content theft engines are killing Reddit's entire business

oh is that what's killing it? LOL

[–] luciferofastora@feddit.org 7 points 1 week ago

Takes more than one nail to close a coffin, and they've been hammering a while already

[–] yesman@lemmy.world 27 points 1 week ago
[–] Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 25 points 1 week ago

Drown in the cesspit you’ve filled to overflowing.

[–] chunk6235@piefed.social 20 points 1 week ago

Good, you can get the same exp the rest of us have to deal with from both coworkers and clients.

Nothing like getting a slopmail with some dumbass ai answer not even remotely related to the issue at hand.

[–] reksas@sopuli.xyz 17 points 1 week ago

Isnt the ai slop exactly what they wanted and even demanded just some time ago?

[–] Blaster_M@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago

Hoist by his own petard

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 14 points 1 week ago

WELL WELL WELL, WHO COULD'VE PREDICTED SUCH A PREDICAMENT??????????

perhaps Microsoft's senior execs need to read the room, sit down, and take some responsibility for the chaos they've unleashed on the world.

And come down from their ivory towers, see things from the same plane of existence as the serfs and plebeians that should be grateful for living under their shadow? Preposterous!!!

[–] LordMayor@piefed.social 14 points 1 week ago

I hope the employees are doing this on purpose. Like, “Oh, you going to fucking make me use AI? Right. I’ll use AI for fucking everything. I’ll even let it decide what to send to you. Enjoy.”

You built the world's most resource intensive asshole, you deserve to have your lips sewn around it.

[–] whotookkarl@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 1 week ago
[–] lemmysmash@piefed.social 10 points 1 week ago

"No way to stop this" says the person actively making this happen.

[–] Etterra@discuss.online 6 points 1 week ago

Motherfucker must be getting altitude sickness from how high his petard has hosted him.

[–] naught101@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

When you're losing your biggest fans (e.g. the author), that's a strong signal..

[–] Zen_Shinobi@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

How ironic....