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by cryo32 42 days ago
Seen this a few months back. One of our "analysts" threw together a bunch of nonsensical shit and tried to pitch it as a product change to our management team. It was a powerpoint full of charts that made no sense populated by data that made no sense. After I bit I realised the text was so "normal" it was LLM generated. The guy had just made a pitch deck with an LLM after throwing some random numbers at it.

Our management team bought the idea right up.

I didn't say anything despite having professional qualifications in mathematics and statistics. 5 years ago I might have done. Now I know it's futile. Last time I tried to stand up for integrity over bullshit I got the full management language tirade thrown back at me for daring to question it. I realised after a bit that it's a fragile house of cards and if you push it the entire thing will go and they are doing everything they can to keep it standing.

This was so soul-crushing that I decided I was just going to fuck around and get paid until I get fired. See how long I can stretch it out. By doing that I'm doing less damage than they are.

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Keep a journal. Think about a book deal.
I have been. I've got enough material from this place to outdo Scott Adams.