Submitted by cos t3_1210i3i in technology
SidewaysFancyPrance t1_jdnuhar wrote
Reply to comment by WebMaka in CNET is doing big layoffs just weeks after AI-generated stories came to light by cos
Thanks to short attention spans and humanity's astounding ability to adapt to new circumstances, CEOs are embracing the "random bullshit, go!" method of distracting and deflecting in order to dissipate any accumulating pushback against their decisions. They just need to ride it out. Generative text AI is a nice, cheap, controllable way to help with that. It's designed to sound good but not actually mean anything, and is easily disavowed if it acts up.
Look at how quickly everyone's gotten over the fact that Twitter has been turned into a megaphone for narcissistic billionaires and Nazis. We've all just sort of accepted it as the new normal. Sure, lots of people are still mad and thinking about it, but it's no longer enough people to effect any change.
WebMaka t1_jdnzmm5 wrote
> Sure, lots of people are still mad and thinking about it, but it's no longer enough people to effect any change.
Yep, as long as enough people are all wrapped up in wedge issues and identity politics and kept in a perpetual state of "we versus they," there won't be enough critical mass to fight the real fight: "the rich versus the rest."
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