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[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 2 points 1 day ago

I think I heard this 12 to 18 months ago.

[–] shittydwarf@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago

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[–] fubarx@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago
[–] HeadfullofSoup@kbin.earth 1 points 1 day ago

CEO always take shitty decision and say shit that make no sense in that way AI with all the hallucination might be angood CEO replacement

[–] railcar@midwest.social -2 points 1 day ago (4 children)

This will be unpopular, but he's almost right. Most white collar jobs could be automated to the point where minimal human oversight is needed, with technology we've had for a decade. It hasn't happened because developing that software has been prohibitively expensive.

What has changed is the cost of developing software for the "last mile" (logistics parlance) is dropping like a stone thanks to AI. This isn't entirely about AI doing your job, but AI analyzing your job and finally using normal procedural tech to automate it. Your role may be reduced to supervision.

For jobs that need actual cognitive power, the quasi-reasoning capability of LLMs will likely supplement your work, if it's not already. It's unlikely that high stakes reasoning will ever be 100% automated, but surely that's a judgement of the responsible party or more likely the irresponsible party.

This will create social upheaval and psychological torment for many. The obvious economic disaster of massive unemployment of educated people who are used to doing highly organized functions is making some people wring their hands. Certainly there should be a plan, but capital insists a race to the bottom immediately or risk being obsolete and worthless. First movers may cash out before everyone else loses their shirt.

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[–] discocactus@lemmy.world 0 points 1 day ago

Do it. See what happens.

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