When all of this is over, if this ever ends, I want psychologists to study this AI obsession CEOs have now. I want to see how they can look at AI and insist that everyone be forced to use something that hinders them rather than help.
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Greed and lack of empathy?
I heard someone mention that AI sycophathy is a result of renforcement learning techniques used (people rated honeyed words higher, no shock really).
People with big egos tend to like sycophants because they reenforce their narratives they have about themselves. Big egos also tend to take up the majority of cheif type roles, either because privlidge gives advantages to both and some because a big ego makes risks seem smaller them.
Its like we made the perfect machine to suck money from them. The sleezyst sales person with no ego. Just endless text telling you what you want to belive.
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Board/shareholders want company to do AI because everyone is doing AI so you can't possibly be maxing shareholder value without doing enough AI
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CEO has to be able to show metrics about everyone doing AI
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Not profit, that's for sure, everyone downstream from the CEO suffers, long term profitability is hindered, but at least while the bubble is still ongoing, share prices are temporarily higher because AI
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This clickbait title format is getting really old. 5 years later, I wish editors would pick something else.
This fortune editor used a clickbait title, 2 years later says he'd do it again
He can have AI replace him too.
That's a low bar.
so they had to sell to ai customers? what an idiot
So business grinds to a halt? That's crazy.
If this guy is such a genius why doesn't he tell us what exactly AI is for and whether it is beneficial to society at large?
