Tech CEOs have this wet dream where they just speak into a microphone, “Create my product” and employees will no longer be needed. So… if it becomes that easy, why will Wall Street need tech CEOs?

  • rhel@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    17 hours ago

    What CEOs never seem to grasp in that context is that they wouldn’t just replace their workers with AI but also their customers… AI doesn’t earn a wage and therefore can’t spend it on (unnecessary) goods… No customer, no revenue. No revenue, no profits. No profit, no dividends.

    Probably why they’re working so hard on commoditizing basic necessities like food, water and housing into subscription based systems… 🤔

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      4 hours ago

      Exactly. Everything needs to be peak consumerism, or else their model of “line on the graph infinitely goes up” shatters. It’s a Brave New World dystopia.

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      5 hours ago

      You’re talking about next quarter problems. Those aren’t mine. I will be gone by then.

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        2 hours ago

        Nah. We would have to add patriot dollars that can be spent on freedom necessities, instead. We don’t tolerate communism.