General_Effort@lemmy.world to Programmer Humor@programming.devEnglish · 7 days agoOh no! Linus doesn't know AI is useless!lemmy.worldimagemessage-square12linkfedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down11
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minus-squareFaceDeer@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 days agoI’ve long found it funny how some people claim that generative AI produces terrible slop, and simultaneously that it’s a huge threat to their jobs.
minus-squareDekkia@this.doesnotcut.itlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 days agoThe people who make firing decisions often aren’t the ones doing the day-to-day work. It’s very possible to be replaced by a machine that does a worse job, as long as your (ex-) boss isn’t aware of it.
minus-squarekkj@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 days agoOr sometimes they are aware, but it’s enough cheaper that they don’t care.
minus-squaresquaresinger@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 days agoOr sometimes its a job they legally need to have but where they really don’t want quality work (e.g. support).
I’ve long found it funny how some people claim that generative AI produces terrible slop, and simultaneously that it’s a huge threat to their jobs.
The people who make firing decisions often aren’t the ones doing the day-to-day work.
It’s very possible to be replaced by a machine that does a worse job, as long as your (ex-) boss isn’t aware of it.
Or sometimes they are aware, but it’s enough cheaper that they don’t care.
Or sometimes its a job they legally need to have but where they really don’t want quality work (e.g. support).