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The difference with execs saying it is they're in a position to convince themselves they're right and act to make it happen. And it doesn't help that the immediate effect (lower payroll, higher stock prices) will "prove" them right, even as the enshittification of our entire economy accelerates.

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On the third hand look at the Hertz execs trying to be visionary and where that led them.

Execs can remain irrational longer than you can remain solvent

Also that they control politics, so as they apply AI liberally, resulting in oceans of untold (and plenty of told) deaths and horrifying injustices, you can rest assured that they will have no liability, even if they need to have legislation passed to avoid it.

They're not predicting the future, they're announcing it. It's up to the population to get over themselves and deal with it.

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