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[–] Mycatiskai@lemmy.ca 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Easiest job to phase out is CEO, who fucking needs those people?

Tell AI that you want to maximize profits at any cost. It might even do a better job than a human.

[–] Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah, what makes us human is making multi dimensional decisions. AI would actually be perfect for optimizing a number no matter what.

[–] Modva@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Go for it guys, that'll maximize profits by eliminating all salary costs.

Just one thing... what's the plan when the majority of the population has no spending power anymore? Think the economy will still exist?

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 1 year ago

Owners of things will buy from each other. Workers can just die in a gutter, I guess.

We have a long way to go before then, though, and the general public is seriously talking about it, so unless we set off a rogue AI or something I'm cautiously hopeful. Also, Summers sounds like he's just regurgitating what other people have told him in the article, some of which is outdated (like EQ, it turns out LLMs and GAIs are decent at emotional appeals).

[–] littlebluespark@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

He's about to say "Aliens."

[–] RudeOnTuesdays@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago
[–] randomaside@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 year ago

So then the AI can lay us all off when we stop watering the crops with Brawndo... It's got what plants crave

[–] TheControlled@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

How about replace corporate executives?

[–] card797@champserver.net 4 points 1 year ago

How am I gonna get paid, Larry?

funny, coming from a guy who stands to make money from his AI company.

I'm a bean man myself. And I say with absolute certainty that not only will beans be the food of the future, they will be the only food people will ever need or want.

[–] Shyfer@ttrpg.network 2 points 1 year ago

So automated gay spay luxury communism when? Because I was promised that when we don't need to labor anymore.