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themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 17 hours ago

This CEO laid off nearly 80% of his staff because they refused to adopt AI fast enough. 2 years later, he says he’d do it again

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This CEO laid off nearly 80% of his staff because they refused to adopt AI fast enough. 2 years later, he says he’d do it again

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themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 17 hours ago
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This CEO laid off nearly 80% of his staff because they refused to adopt AI fast enough. 2 years later, he says he'd do it again
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“It was extremely difficult,” IgniteTech CEO Eric Vaughan tells Fortune. “But changing minds was harder than adding skills.”
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    12 hours ago

    Just like an AI. Instead of learning from mistakes, he repeates them, and denies any wrongdoing.

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      12 hours ago

      “You’re Absolutely right!”

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      Because he asks the ai what’s best but the chatbot always treats it as a loaded question and it wants to be seen as helpful so it finds a way to agree yes-man style.

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