This fucking AI bubble needs to burst immediately

I can't believe we found something worse than NFTs

and so quickly

Like, okay

The reason this shit is getting shoved in everywhere is not because anyone is actually asking for it

It's because the bullshit peddlers got into the heads of executives and money-men two years ago and got them to invest a fucktillion dollars into the tech

And now the execs are forcing the devs to find ways to use the snake oil they just spent all this money on

@coriander i think part of the hope is to develop the tech enough to be able to replace human labor

@aescling @coriander no, the hope is to make human labour more replaceable (not the same thing)

@aescling @coriander execs do not want to have to do everything themselves, they just want to be able to hire unskilled workers to do tasks which formerly required skilled workers, because it means the workers lose their bargaining powrr

@Lady @coriander hmm

@aescling @coriander the whole idea behind Microsoft Copilot is to make work which happens on a computer accessible to people without training or experience, so companies can hire people without training or experience

it’s being used to eliminate some positions entirely, sure (get rid of secretary who writes your emails by having computer write your emails), but no CEO wants you to just be able to type “make money” into a computer and get money, because that weakens their own position

they want making money to be restricted to people like themselves, who have the resources to employ others in menial tasks, while preventing the people engaged in those tasks from having any connection with the value created by their labour