themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoThis CEO laid off nearly 80% of his staff because they refused to adopt AI fast enough. 2 years later, he says he’d do it againfortune.comexternal-linkmessage-square82linkfedilinkarrow-up1462arrow-down10
arrow-up1462arrow-down1external-linkThis CEO laid off nearly 80% of his staff because they refused to adopt AI fast enough. 2 years later, he says he’d do it againfortune.comthemachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square82linkfedilink
minus-squaredeathbird@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up62·4 months ago“Vaughan was surprised to find it was often the technical staff, not marketing or sales, who dug in their heels.” So the people that understood it best were sceptical, and this didn’t give him pause. Can someone explain to me why all these empty suits dick ride LLMs so hard?
minus-squareBenaaasaaas@group.ltlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up38·4 months agoBecause they try the tools, realize that their job is pretty much covered by LLMs and think it’s the same for everyone.
minus-squareMysteriousSophon21@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·4 months agoTechnical staff were skeptical because they actually know what AI can and can’t do reliably in production environments - it’s good at generating content but terrible at logical reasoning and mission-critical tasks that require consistancy.
minus-squareEnd-Stage-Ligma@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-24 months ago it’s good at generating content but terrible at logical reasoning and mission-critical tasks that require consistency. Thank goodness nobody is crusading to have AI take over medicine.
minus-squaremedem@lemmy.wtflinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 months ago…which is why I categorically refuse to use the term Artificial intelligence .
minus-squareaesthelete@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·4 months agoThey’re easily conned and they love yes men.
minus-squarezarkanian@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·4 months ago Can someone explain to me why all these empty suits dick ride LLMs so hard? $$$$$$$ AIs are cheaper than humans.
minus-squareIt_Is1-24PM@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·4 months agoCheaper NOW, when OpenAI operates at huge loss
minus-squareRandelung@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·4 months agoThe bullshitters were quick to adopt the bullshit factory.
“Vaughan was surprised to find it was often the technical staff, not marketing or sales, who dug in their heels.”
So the people that understood it best were sceptical, and this didn’t give him pause.
Can someone explain to me why all these empty suits dick ride LLMs so hard?
Because they try the tools, realize that their job is pretty much covered by LLMs and think it’s the same for everyone.
Technical staff were skeptical because they actually know what AI can and can’t do reliably in production environments - it’s good at generating content but terrible at logical reasoning and mission-critical tasks that require consistancy.
Thank goodness nobody is crusading to have AI take over medicine.
…which is why I categorically refuse to use the term Artificial intelligence .
They’re easily conned and they love yes men.
$$$$$$$
AIs are cheaper than humans.
Cheaper NOW, when OpenAI operates at huge loss
The bullshitters were quick to adopt the bullshit factory.