It seems like when folk reach the corporate penthouse every employee and manager under them become simply figures on a balance sheet to be culled when ever a machine or program comes along that will cost less. Capitalism has been running politics and economics unchecked for sometime, and the empire is headed for terminal Rome levels of corruption. They think this gives them power, but in truth is shows the rest of us how terrified and fearful of citizens resisting and choosing to share information and common causes to create wealth. They think buying an selling people and information is the only way to run civilization when it is the opposite, it corrupts and debilitates creation and advancement.

Like what jobs? Making graphics cards, so there's more like 50 of each model for the entire globe? Sounds good!

Prez wrote on Oct 25, 2024, 21:09:
The most ironic thing about the supposed AI takeover that I am told is coming imminently is that if you look at all of the professions that could conceivably be among the first to be taken over by AI, a company CEO is among the highest. A CEO now does nothing outside of the singular objective of making the company money devoid of compassion, concerns for the environment, social impact, etc. It's that single-mindedness in how they operate that makes the replacing a CEO the easiest job to replace with AI by a huge margin. With a factory worker, replacing them now means more machine upkeep and reprogramming to adapt to changing business needs. For a voice actor, the dialogue still needs to be gone over to ensure that the correct things are said in the right way for the given context. Artists are among the least likely to be replaced effectively, as computers cannot accurately simulate the creations that artists can do. But CEO's? I struggle to think why they can't be replaced right now. You can't tell me that an AI would have done a worse job were it in charge of Embracer Group instead of the flaccid, incompetent middle man that it has now.

It's a nascent technology and it can already replace a lot of white collar work. Unless there's a physical component to your work or you're super goddamned amazing at what you do, you're replaceable. Name any white collar profession. Accounting? Replaceable. Law? Replaceable. Customer Service? Super fucking replaceable. etc. etc. etc. Will it happen tomorrow? No. Will it happen within 5 years? Absolutely. And yes, all those white collar managers and execs will be on the chopping block too. And that AI coupled with advanced robotics will end up replacing a lot of blue collar as well. Ever see how much robotics plays a part in China now? It's fucking huge and it's only getting bigger. Stuff like tradesmen, doctors, etc. will be pretty safe for a while but it'll all come for them eventually too. I'm okay with that. The only issue is how we'll end up as a species. All living in abject poverty with war and bloody revolution as the order of the day, or just a bunch of unemployed sheep all on a universal basic income sort of like in Ready Player One. The latter is the only way we don't end up at war.

The most ironic thing about the supposed AI takeover that I am told is coming imminently is that if you look at all of the professions that could conceivably be among the first to be taken over by AI, a company CEO is among the highest. A CEO now does nothing outside of the singular objective of making the company money devoid of compassion, concerns for the environment, social impact, etc. It's that single-mindedness in how they operate that makes the replacing a CEO the easiest job to replace with AI by a huge margin. With a factory worker, replacing them now means more machine upkeep and reprogramming to adapt to changing business needs. For a voice actor, the dialogue still needs to be gone over to ensure that the correct things are said in the right way for the given context. Artists are among the least likely to be replaced effectively, as computers cannot accurately simulate the creations that artists can do. But CEO's? I struggle to think why they can't be replaced right now. You can't tell me that an AI would have done a worse job were it in charge of Embracer Group instead of the flaccid, incompetent middle man that it has now.

I like Blue's comment...;) JHH is full of it, of course--he's just selling his "AI" chips. 1000x more productive--I would have laughed in his face if I'd been near him when he said that...;) People have got to learn about marketing--right now, AI is 98% marketing hype (like JHH's) and 2% code and not very good code at that. And AI is a long, long way away from replacing human judgment--without which AI code could not exist. Human oversight is still an integral part of the whole "AI" process. Really, the entire AI "superintelligence" rumor is a myth, which I'd be surprised to see last another year.

Honestly, serves me right if I lose my job because of AI. It's not anyone's responsibility to keep me in the market.