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Execs Confused and Horrified by the Huge AI Bills After Thinking They Could Replace Workers for Free (futurism.com)
submitted 1 month ago by FoxtrotDeltaTango@sh.itjust.works to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] TachyonTele_Esq@piefed.social 345 points 1 month ago (38 children)

an astonishing 29 percent of [execs] had no idea where the growing costs associated with AI were coming from.

The headline combined with the quote just make me laugh so much, I love it

[–] Triumph@fedia.io 229 points 1 month ago (32 children)

This is what happens when the people in charge of everything are entirely separated from reality.

[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 162 points 1 month ago (30 children)

Those same idiots have been in charge of everything for decades, blindly doing whatever suited them.

They got duped and didn't have the technical competence to see it or trust their staff to negotiate it.

Every IT / Developer out there knew it was a bad idea. The C-Staff was sold by the billionaires that you will go AI or you will be left behind.

My own CEO is simultaneously telling us to use AI for as much as we can and telling us to reduce costs as much as possible.

[–] Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Except this time they'll have a hard time blaming the devs and other workers.

I mean they'll sneak around it, but maybe just maybe the blame will not be distributed? Lol who am I kidding.

[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

The're apex predators, they don't blame anyway, just mass layoffs due to non-profitability ()

non-profitability(){  
       if CEO_makes_less_money_than_they_want();  
                return true;  
       return true anyway because fuck the proliariat  
}
[–] Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 month ago

if (bankrupt) find_new_ceo_job(parents_network);

[–] MasterBlaster@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Yeah, I'm glad you woke up there. They will always find a way to blame the developers.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 2 points 1 month ago

they will just lay off more people to stave off the debt, and then to hold the industry to gether outsource, and hire only some senior devs while ignoring entry or juniour level people.

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