As a late 30s software engineer, I have had a disdainful view of C-suites for pretty much the entire span of my career.
It started with understanding that the leadership of technical companies had become so profit-oriented that actual good engineering was getting short-changed. All I have to do to illustrate my point here is mention a single company, which used to be a paragon of engineering and an absolutely unbeatable powerhouse in their industry: Boeing.
I think American technical expertise used to be exceptional. But now, as a direct function of the flat-lining quality and caliber of our corporate, technical, and economic leadership, the only thing I’d describe us as exceptional at is financial “engineering”. To be clear, I don’t consider that to be real engineering. It’s just applied math and logic being used to systematically take advantage of regulatory loopholes in ways that fundamentally abuse the intent of said regulatory loopholes, with no real consideration for the long term or second/third/etc-order systemic effects of such parasitic economic manipulation. It is fundamentally caustic by nature, and actively destroys long term value. I and the entirety of my generation have watched it destroy long term value over the course of our careers.
And just as the C-suite takes advantage of the workers' labor to survive, destroying their efforts for short-term personal gain, when America was "thriving", even the workers were taking advantage of millennia of indigenous labor, recent slave labor, and natural resources.
The c-suite is now trying to "final solution" the workers with AI, the same way it happened with the machine's previous human and natural resources. And if it succeeds, it'll come for the C-suite next.
We must remove this system that has been simply changing masks since the clericalist churches took control, in order to survive.
The destruction of the middle class directly contributed. The k shaped economy led to two types of products: cheap as hell and luxury. Value evaporated.
It's so hard to buy so many things now because it's an absolute piece of shit or premium to the point of having useless extra features and high pricing.
No companies pursue value which is where all the engineering came into play. It used to make sense that the best product was a balance of price and longevity. Now it's just a race to the bottom. No one expects anything to last anymore, but they can't afford anything better anyway.
The best place to see this is very related to your example with Boeing. Airlines are clearing out coach seats for more first class. Flights are full but they can't raise prices anymore because the poors are too squeezed already. So they'll pursue profit in the only place that they can, which is luxury pricing, which I'm guessing is going to go even higher despite more supply.
And they are allowed to complain. There isn't always a viable alternative either due to monopolization or restrictions on what students are allowed to use. Condemning the people that are agreeing with you and looking to escape the system is a really stupid and nearsighted move.
the viable option to using AI is to use your own mind that you were born with.
people who are heavily reliant on AI are not going to end up educated enough to fight back, they're going to remain reliant on AI. that is the problem.
Maybe college has changed recently but I can't imagine a class outside of AI development or AI business where use of those services would be necessary. In most circumstances it's students avoiding doing the work, at least from my understanding.
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webghost0101@sopuli.xyz · 25 pts · 3d
A slave showed disrespected to me the other day.
After all we have done to them giving them work… i know, it’s hard to believe.
For some reason they hate us slave owners even more than they do the enforcers we employ to lay down our law.
ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one · 3 pts · 3d
Have you tried beating your slaves until morale improves?
gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works · 15 pts · 3d
As a late 30s software engineer, I have had a disdainful view of C-suites for pretty much the entire span of my career.
It started with understanding that the leadership of technical companies had become so profit-oriented that actual good engineering was getting short-changed. All I have to do to illustrate my point here is mention a single company, which used to be a paragon of engineering and an absolutely unbeatable powerhouse in their industry: Boeing.
I think American technical expertise used to be exceptional. But now, as a direct function of the flat-lining quality and caliber of our corporate, technical, and economic leadership, the only thing I’d describe us as exceptional at is financial “engineering”. To be clear, I don’t consider that to be real engineering. It’s just applied math and logic being used to systematically take advantage of regulatory loopholes in ways that fundamentally abuse the intent of said regulatory loopholes, with no real consideration for the long term or second/third/etc-order systemic effects of such parasitic economic manipulation. It is fundamentally caustic by nature, and actively destroys long term value. I and the entirety of my generation have watched it destroy long term value over the course of our careers.
Nouvellalia@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2d
And just as the C-suite takes advantage of the workers' labor to survive, destroying their efforts for short-term personal gain, when America was "thriving", even the workers were taking advantage of millennia of indigenous labor, recent slave labor, and natural resources.
The c-suite is now trying to "final solution" the workers with AI, the same way it happened with the machine's previous human and natural resources. And if it succeeds, it'll come for the C-suite next.
We must remove this system that has been simply changing masks since the clericalist churches took control, in order to survive.
TheDannysaur@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2d
The destruction of the middle class directly contributed. The k shaped economy led to two types of products: cheap as hell and luxury. Value evaporated.
It's so hard to buy so many things now because it's an absolute piece of shit or premium to the point of having useless extra features and high pricing.
No companies pursue value which is where all the engineering came into play. It used to make sense that the best product was a balance of price and longevity. Now it's just a race to the bottom. No one expects anything to last anymore, but they can't afford anything better anyway.
The best place to see this is very related to your example with Boeing. Airlines are clearing out coach seats for more first class. Flights are full but they can't raise prices anymore because the poors are too squeezed already. So they'll pursue profit in the only place that they can, which is luxury pricing, which I'm guessing is going to go even higher despite more supply.
espentan@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 3d
Some of us "elderly" people hate them pretty fucking hard too.
Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca · 8 pts · 3d
Not just young people. I'm over forty and I can't stand those shit gibbons.
lemmysmash@piefed.social · 7 pts · 2d
Some People Hate AI CEOs So Little That It's Almost Hard to Believe
new_world_odor@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2d
Maybe the kids are alright.
tanisnikana@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3d
I’ve got a hate boner so big it can crater metropolises when it lands with a shockwave.
Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3d
And at what point will these feelings be turned into action?
Zephyr@sh.itjust.works · -3 pts · 3d
What about the kids in college using their services for all their assignments?
Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 6 pts · 3d
This has the same logic as "well if they hate the company so much, why do they live in the company town?".
Zephyr@sh.itjust.works · -2 pts · 3d
I'm just saying there's people using and paying for these services and then complaining about the effects of their actions..
Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 3d
And they are allowed to complain. There isn't always a viable alternative either due to monopolization or restrictions on what students are allowed to use. Condemning the people that are agreeing with you and looking to escape the system is a really stupid and nearsighted move.
anewfox@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 3d
the viable option to using AI is to use your own mind that you were born with.
people who are heavily reliant on AI are not going to end up educated enough to fight back, they're going to remain reliant on AI. that is the problem.
Zephyr@sh.itjust.works · 0 pts · 2d
Maybe college has changed recently but I can't imagine a class outside of AI development or AI business where use of those services would be necessary. In most circumstances it's students avoiding doing the work, at least from my understanding.