[throwaway5959]

It’s wild how people never seem to say “wow, now our team of 12 can be twice as productive. Think about how much less stressed they’ll be and more productive we’ll be able to be for the company!”.

[robluxus]

Because if you start making more widgets then now your support, marketing, sales acquisition et al costs also have to scale. But that needs foresight... And until the AI workforce comes for those too, it's easier to claim short term victory.

[musicale]

Great answer that addresses the business incentives. Scaling is hard (perhaps impossible in some markets) and possibly expensive, while cutting labor costs has an immediate benefit to the bottom line.

[musicale]

In my experience, the return rate for improved productivity is usually targeted at around 99% to the company, 1% to employees.

[FormerBandmate]

That’s what ends up happening in practice. Who has actually been fired because of AI? GitHub Copilot has been out forever

[MichaelZuo]

Then why not make a solid argument for it higher up in the chain?

Instead of a reaction to a comment further down.