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Sam Altman Thanks Programmers for Their Effort, Says Their Time Is Over (futurism.com)
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Altman’s remarks in his tweet drew an overwhelmingly negative reaction.

“You’re welcome,” one user responded. “Nice to know that our reward is our jobs being taken away.”

Others called him a “f***ing psychopath” and “scum.”

“Nothing says ‘you’re being replaced’ quite like a heartfelt thank you from the guy doing the replacing,” one user wrote.

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[–] agentTeiko@piefed.social 161 points 1 day ago (3 children)

They should call it what it is, Offshoring and I remember what happened the last time they did that the quality was so bad most companies eventually and quietly brought the jobs back. AI will be the same thing once they can't help but admit Scam Altman took them for a ride at everyone's expense.

[–] rozodru@piefed.world 13 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

yup in the early to mid 10's every company, startup, etc offshored to India and the drivel that came back was about on par with today's AI/LLMs. just complete garbage that either needed heavy refactoring or just start over from scratch with competent devs. So seeing all this with AI today I can only think "I've seen this episode before"

[–] Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works 5 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

And that’s with real people.

I would bet far more money on real devs in another country being able to replace devs than “AI”.

[–] RecallMadness@lemmy.nz 2 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

Exactly.

The outsourcing supply countries have had over a decade now of working on and around large commercial software platforms.

They have knowledge of their customers needs and the capabilities of the platforms.

Yet how many of them are western owned, and how many are eastern owned?

If 1.4 billion Indians can’t make a corporate-ready viable rip off of SAP in 10 years, AI isn’t going to either.

[–] Zwuzelmaus@feddit.org 55 points 22 hours ago

Scam Altman

I like that :-)

[–] pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip 0 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

Yes. Every one in awhile someone marvels at a particularly good AI answer.

Even back in the days when the scam was the first chess robot, those moments were a sign that the "secret backdoor to let a real human take control" was in effect.

But nobody reads history, so they're just amazed.

That output is from this guy named Sandeep. His work situation is stupid now. But yes, he's a great programmer. (Edit: Evidence that the scam is alive, today.)

And no, sharing company secrets with him wasn't wise.

But if I had to choose between some company's well being, and Sandeep's, I'm rooting for Sandeep, anyway.

Go sell some trade secrets, Sandeep. You've earned it.

Edit: Links added for those unfamiliar with the trick.