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These bonzos want the world economy to collapse so there will be massive layoffs, allowing them to offer AI bots to companies and governments to replace human workers.

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[–] Tattorack@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Of course he'd say something like that, because he has literally nothing to worry about.

When it's the big guys fucking up, it's us footing the bill.

[–] Dragonstaff@leminal.space 2 points 1 day ago

We're subsidizing the building and operation of the data centers to take our jobs too.

[–] BilSabab@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

I don't think arrogance is the right strategy to deal with economic bubbles. With that said, I fully support Amazon's arrogance in the face of AI Bubble because they have it coming.

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

These bonzos want the world economy to collapse so there will be massive layoffs, allowing them to offer AI bots to companies and governments to replace human workers.

Then more companies and governments will be trash and potentially collapse. And when everything is reducend to rubble, then what? Jennifer Government?

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Can it eliminate the work weak?

[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 day ago

This guy buys things for a dollar and sells them for two dollars. He's no smarty-pants, he just leveraged tech to track deliveries but some people refer to this as "logistical genius", when it's not. Local milk delivery was doing this pre-tech.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 7 points 1 day ago (2 children)

if you think you can hide in your bunkers, or compound without paying people that are essentially slaves, they will easily turn on you in the end.

[–] sunbytes@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That's what the AI guard dogs are for.

Plus also preditive AI and eye tracking to check for those thinking of turning on him.

[–] Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

They don't repair themselves.

[–] sunbytes@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] Madzielle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] sunbytes@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I uh... have to take your word for it.

I don't think the bookmark worked so it's just a whole book for me.

I was just kidding though.

However long term thinking isn't exactly these guys' favorite. It tends to get in the way of them having a good time.

[–] Madzielle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 day ago

It is a book, short stories, The Machine Stops By E. M. Forester

The machine cannot self repair and breaks down after a time, eventually sparking revolution (and panic) among the people

[–] nightlily@leminal.space 2 points 1 day ago

He’s going to have real trouble proofing his air vents against cement as well.

[–] sirico@feddit.uk 2 points 1 day ago

Keep putting money in please

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 24 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It’s always pathetic when someone who lives in a completely shielded Elysium accuses others of weakness while erecting barriers to prevent anyone from proving them wrong.

[–] AcidiclyBasicGlitch@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

"Survival of the fittest! Let nature take it's course!" ::nervously re-checks automatic locks::

[–] cloudy1999@sh.itjust.works 46 points 2 days ago (5 children)

Pissed off at Bezos betraying us all again? Consider not giving him your money and boycott Amazon.

Someone reading this message could cost them hundreds or thousands over the coming year by simply shopping elsewhere. That's not nothing. There's no doubt that Amazon is convenient, but it is possible to get along without them.

For Americans: in this time of rising fascism, it's important to chip away at the pillars that are holding up the regime in the White House. This is one way to use your agency to have a measurable impact.

[–] Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 14 points 2 days ago

I just want to add to this that YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BOYCOTT SOMETHING COMPLETELY TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

It's absolutely OK if you cannot 100% cut Amazon out of your life. It's OK if you have to buy from them sometimes because it's the only place you can find that particular thing you need.

You just need to stop making them your default. Check somewhere else first. Make that little bit of extra effort to see if maybe a local store has what you're looking for.

If you reduce your spending on Amazon by 80%, that's still a huge reduction. If enough people do that, they'll be in serious trouble. And it's a lot more manageable than an all or nothing boycott.

And if we could convince a hundred million people to reduce their spending Amazon by just 10%, that would have far more impact than a hundred thousand people cutting them out entirely. It's better to set a lower standard that more people can engage with, especially because the more people develop that habit of not always going to Amazon first, the more it's place in their lives will continue to shrink.

I call this "soft boycotting". Reduce rather than remove. It's far more sustainable as an option in your every day life, and it encourages people to actually engage with boycotting instead of writing it off because it feels like an impossible commitment.

[–] ZDL@lazysoci.al 15 points 2 days ago (1 children)

CONSUMERS OF THE WORLD UNITE! ALL YOU HAVE TO LOSE IS CHEAP SHIT YOU DON'T REALLY NEED ANYWAY!

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 10 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Well, that and some genuinely good media that they've locked down the rights to...

Unless... 🏴‍☠️

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[–] frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Unfortunately, it won't make much of a dent at all. Amazon's traditional goods business runs on very thin margins, and they can write it off. Their profit center these days is AWS, and there isn't much you or I can do to boycott that.

That said, I have canceled Prime, and I only use Amazon for some hobbyist stuff that's hard to get from literally anywhere else.

[–] Jack_Burton@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 days ago

I dumped it on Jan 20 after seeing Bezos at Trump's inauguration. Honestly, after the addiction wore off I don't miss it at all. The biggest change I've noticed is I no longer impulse buy stupid shit I don't need.

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[–] HK65@sopuli.xyz 113 points 3 days ago (1 children)

It will eliminate the weak meaning the companies in actual competitive markets, so monopolists like Amazon can buy them up and monopolize even more markets.

[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 36 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Yep. Trillion dollar companies are so huge that a deep recession only mildly impacts revenue.

[–] HK65@sopuli.xyz 16 points 2 days ago

Yeah, that's why they do the whole greedflation thing, to make central banks raise rates, causing a slew of bankruptcies among the competition, making them ripe for a buyout.

The fact that it also destroys labour negotiating positions is a cherry on top.

[–] peaceful_world_view@lemmy.world 22 points 2 days ago

Bezos needs to be reminded his flesh is as soft and squishy as the the rest of the weak.

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 35 points 2 days ago (4 children)

Crashes are good for people that have capital because it lets them buy things that people are forced to sell at a discounted price.

Not because it lets them sell ai. The goal is to snatch up cheap assets to sell when the economy recovers then do it all over again.

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[–] billwashere@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 2 days ago

By weak he means less rich

[–] Archangel1313@lemmy.ca 52 points 3 days ago (5 children)

Translation: I have enough money to weather this self-inflicted disaster. Do you?

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[–] minorkeys@lemmy.world 61 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (3 children)

To rich people, you are the weak. Remember that. This is genocide

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[–] falseWhite@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

allowing them to offer AI bots to companies and governments to replace human workers

If that's what he expects will happen then he is out of touch with AI and its capabilities. AI nowhere near being capable of completely replacing humans.

In fact the main reason for the AI bubble is because billions have been dumped into it expecting it will be capable of replacing humans, but all it's really good at is making AI slop.

The only jobs it has kind of started replacing, but not really - more like transforming them - are software engineer jobs.

When the economy collapses, it will affect ALL businesses, and all kind of people will lose jobs, from software engineers to teachers to analysts. And none of those jobs can be fully replaced by AI, or it would have happened already.

Bezos is a fucking clown.

[–] kinther@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Yeah I keep saying the only thing our current AI is good at is coding, and even then its like someone with 3-4 YoE. Sure it knows a lot of languages and concepts, but often makes mistakes.

[–] lechekaflan@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Another day in the age of the dystopia plutocrats.

[–] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 day ago

It's like he's begging for it

[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 18 points 2 days ago (8 children)

The last crash destroyed families and destroyed lifetimes of savings from the utter devastation of the fallout. My family never recovered and tragedy was the result. I know millions of families will never recover from that and there was no accountability at all. The occupy movement was a genuine working class movement against the criminal oligarchs who destroyed our economy. Unfortunately the book was thrown at the occupy movement and the well funded tea party movement and white nationalist movement was funded by the oligarchs and ignored by lawmakers. This all led to what we’re dealing with today. Families never recovered the cost of living keeps skyrocketing and we keep getting poorer. Unfortunately the correct counter movements get stamped out and the ones that blame minorities get funded and this is where we’re at today….we can’t move any further right we are at the end of the line. The oligarchs need us to fight eachother so they can justify the police state they’re building indefinitely. It’s like System of a Down said “they’re trying to build a prison for you and me to live in”

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

i dont think we truly recovered from the 08 crash to begin with, we just truncated it to something else. terms of job-wise yea it gotten harder since that time.

[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Agreed a most of the jobs created do not pay a living wage while cost of living skyrockets

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[–] ZDL@lazysoci.al 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Even better. The AI Bubble bursting may be good because it may finally wake people the fuck up as to how utterly god-damned stupid their ruling class is and eliminate them.

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[–] IndridCold@lemmy.ca 19 points 2 days ago

I can't wait for the purge of the billionaire class.

[–] SpacePanda@mander.xyz 14 points 2 days ago (4 children)
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