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Shed workers ... increase profit ... stock price go up ... Exec get bonus ... Economy fail ... Exec no care ... Exec have bonus and job still ...

Honestly the caveman speak will get me marked down but fuck it.. It is transparent what they want....

Ai has use but frankly until it can be trusted to actually follow the right path and skip around hard tasks make subtle bugs that can screw things up... It will get worse before it gets better....

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when has this ever happened? stop making things up in your mind

The subprime mortgage crisis that led to the Great Recession comes to mind.

The destruction of Boeing for short-term profits.

Private equity's destruction of public companies.

The entire American health insurance system.

do you think by and large this describes the american economy?

yes.

It hasn't with AI.

But it's exactly what the executives say, and why they are interested in AI.

There is a post currently right next to this one on the front page about Autodesk showing a desire to use AI to fire workers.

https://www.reuters.com/business/world-at-work/autodesk-lay-...

i think workers getting fired is okay

You are allowed your opinion.

It doesn't stop this

> when has this ever happened?

Being wrong. They are excited for AI because they want to avoid employing people.

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