It would be the largest cost cutting measure, but the ruling class won’t allow it.
The fucking irony.
it does seem ironic, but the majority of profits going to the CEO paycheck is kind of the point!
Yes. If they did allow it, who would hire their nephew, then?
Takes leverage away, it is throwing such a tasty challenge society vice, suck that passive aggressive back stabbing work culture!
I think the AI might have too much empathy for the role.
Huh I read a dystopian short story about AI micro-managing workers, constantly telling them what to do next to optimize productivity. It ends with near “perfect” dystopian wealth concentration. While in another part of the world they used AI to create a utopia.
Oh it was called Manna by Marshall Brain
The gradual takeover of jobs by AI (starting with fast food), The warehousing of the unemployed in state-controlled facilities, A techno-utopian alternative (Australia) where AI liberates rather than enslaves.
Wow, I remember finding that story 20-odd years ago but could never remember the title or author. Pretty good short story IIRC, and more relevant than ever, it’s themes have been on my mind on and off quite a bit these past few years.
I couldn’t remember it either. I described it to deepseek in order to find it. Ironically it mistakenly thought
the short story you’re thinking of is almost certainly “Nanny” by Cory Doctorow. It’s part of his collection Radicalized (published in 2019)".
If you find it, let me know. I think I might have been conned by deepseek.
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Why the Mix-Up?
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Both works critique technology-driven capitalism, but Doctorow’s focus is distinct:
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Radicalized targets corporate control via IoT devices, insurance cruelty, and policing 612.
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Manna explores algorithmic worker management leading to dystopian/utopian outcomes.
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I incorrectly merged these narratives due to overlapping themes of technological oppression. My apologies for the oversight.
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This is what I told my bosses when AI first showed up and they called a meeting to discussed how to leverage it.
It’s not going to replace me, it’s going to replace you.
I actually think an AI would do a better job at running corporations than a human would. Even if it’s just an LLM. And I don’t mean in a pro-corpo way.
I have this sneaking suspicion that the company I work for is already ran by an LLM. The CEO is obviously using ChatGPT for everything.
Executives everywhere are. ChatGPT is near perfectly suited for handling a very large portion of executive level tasks.
My cousin was fired from his job. The manager told him that AI had determined that he was to be fired, and that it was out of his hands. Either that was a true statement or it was a convenient excuse. Kind of scary either way.
But how will it blame you for its mistakes?
/s
Plot twist: board replaces the whole exec layer with CEO AI, keeps the difference, gives nothing to the employees, line goes up, employees now threatened both at the top and the bottom of the ladder, work-work!
When manual workers were replaced by robots, they were told to “retrain and reskill” to get new jobs.
Perhaps these CEO’s can retrain to be plumbers, there’s good money there.
This is how we get Dalamain.
Delamain has shown me more loyalty and care than 99% of NC. I’m on board.
I mean honestly… delamain was honest. Which absolutely was better than 99% of night city. You get shot? Yeah he won’t take you to the hospital if his client paid him to take you to location z, but you knew that before getting in.
You get the creds for the primo package yourself though? You got it made choom.
Really nice and funny marketing campaign.
LOUDER FOR THE
PEOPLECEO’s IN THE BACK!Dude looks like the Delamain ai.
Personally, I think they resemble Xerxes.
Not sure what game this is, deus ex?
System Shock 2, one of the best horror game FPSes from the 90’s. If you liked the first two Thief games, it was made by the developers of them. Immersive simulations like Bioshock, STALKER, and Prey 2016 were inspired by this particular game. The remaster of SS2 is to be released on the 26th.
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Wait what ? I really hope this is real
It’s just as real at the OilWell app.
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In other words it is not real. But made by an ad company.
Damn it
That whole website is very good.
They use the wrong color though, purple is good. They should be Red.
I for one welcome our new robot overlord.
