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Execs Confused and Horrified by the Huge AI Bills After Thinking They Could Replace Workers for Free (futurism.com)
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[–] TachyonTele_Esq@piefed.social 337 points 2 days ago (38 children)

an astonishing 29 percent of [execs] had no idea where the growing costs associated with AI were coming from.

The headline combined with the quote just make me laugh so much, I love it

[–] Triumph@fedia.io 223 points 2 days ago (32 children)

This is what happens when the people in charge of everything are entirely separated from reality.

[–] jtrek@startrek.website 14 points 2 days ago

Ed Zitron wrote a whole thing about these people. Calls them "Business Idiots"

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