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by FatherOfCurses 19 days ago
Anyone downplaying the impact of AI is looking at things from a practical perspective rather than getting inside the heads of decision makers.

It doesn't matter whether AI is ready to do peoples' jobs. All that matters is whether leaders who make budgets *think* it is. If they all get around a table and decide "We can cut 500 heads this year, AI will cover the productivity loss" or "We can keep the workforce flat, AI will help our workers be more productive" then that will be the reality.
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boron1006 19 days ago
Tech “decision makers” are feckless lemmings. If the trends tomorrow change, then their decisions will change.
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sublinear 19 days ago
This is quite condescending towards "decision makers".

Bad decisions lead to bad outcomes. Outside of SV, businesses haven't burned to the ground precisely because those decision makers have limited the impact of AI to stuff nobody was doing anyway like writing notes and filling in gaps for documentation.

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