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Oh you'd hire the one installing lead pipes and eating asbestos sandwhiches while drinking round-up? Because corporations told me none of those are bad.
No, I'd hire the one using power tools and PEX pipes. Not the one stuck in the 19th century.
This is a strawman argument, and not really related to "ai" in any way.
If i was going to twist this to relate to sloperators though, in your analogy it would be akin to hiring either an old school plumber using hand tools who gets the job done with no leaks, vs a 16 year old kid with a full Milwaukee toolset thats never done a job without causing Significant leaks and damage to clients homes and the businesses reputation.
Again, its not a good comparison either way.