They say AI isn’t profitable.
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@stefano True - but... when I was a craftsman, some of my most lucrative jobs were fixing bad builders' errors, usually on a short time schedule; customers in that situation are usually less cost-sensitive & I'd have to work weekends, so my bill went up.
- but it stops being fun very quickly. You're rarely hired to do a good job; just to unfuck someone else's mistakes as much as time & budget allows. For me, at least, this did not make for satisfying work...
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@stefano True - but... when I was a craftsman, some of my most lucrative jobs were fixing bad builders' errors, usually on a short time schedule; customers in that situation are usually less cost-sensitive & I'd have to work weekends, so my bill went up.
- but it stops being fun very quickly. You're rarely hired to do a good job; just to unfuck someone else's mistakes as much as time & budget allows. For me, at least, this did not make for satisfying work...
@jwcph I totally agree. But they usually learn the lesson and stop doing things in the bad way. The next time, they'll call a proper consultant or specialist.
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@jwcph I totally agree. But they usually learn the lesson and stop doing things in the bad way. The next time, they'll call a proper consultant or specialist.
@stefano It's a great way to open a working relationship - you saved their butt, after all
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@stefano the good news is the AI slop market might create an AI slop fixer position
the bad news is that this might set innovation back a decade -
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@stefano We have to admit, to think is something from the past.
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The absolute horseshit going on right now will keep me employed until 50 years after my death. -
@stefano hehehe
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@stefano well, in this case you are profitable from AI 🥲
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@stefano everybody hates potholes in the road.
except the guys selling tyres. -
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@stefano brilliant
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@stefano HAHAHAAA, this is very good.
I hope they paid a bag of money for you. ( and for that AI crap too) -
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@stefano Let me state it more accurately. Ai is not profitable to the people who use, operate, or maintain it.
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@stefano I foresee a future where people like you are always more needed
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@stefano it's exceptionally profitable for the energy companies who are using this artificial demand to inflate prices. That's why they've subsidized shoehorning AI into everything
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@stefano thank you for putting a big smile on my face with this priceless toot. It needs to be framed and hung at the Louvre
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A anderslund@expressional.social shared this topic
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AI, it turns out, is the Cybertruck of computers.
Overhyped, oversold, made billionaires out of liars, and fascists out of greedy billionaires, and it ... rusts.
This is why
think we're stupid. -
@uriel Seriously. It's getting more and more common. They need servers -> use AI to tell them how to configure them -> make a mess -> "aaahhh we need the cloud as servers don't work!"
