Hard Pass

Source: https://beige.party/@LRRRonEarth/117296068935496906

Seriously, it's loser behavior.

Say I’m a company with 1000 employees. A company like anthropic is offering to replace each employee with some sort of agent. Suppose the agents cost roughly $80k, where an employee costs $100k. I take that deal because it saves real money and replace, say, 500 employees with agents.

Now let’s assume just for the sake of argument that these AI agents do exactly as promised and truly do replace those workers and all of their responsibilities. Things seem great, I decreased my costs a lot and my business is buzzing along.

Now anthropic comes to me and says they’re going to increase their prices to $100k/agent. What now?

Since you’re trading individual employees for a company that’s providing the service at a cost, it’s effectively like these agents are unionized, in a way. They ask for a raise and you don’t comply? Okay fine. No work for you. Nothing you can say or do will get these agents back

Not only that, anthropic can leverage the absolutely insane amount of data they have to squeeze you for everything you’re worth. They probably have actuaries on staff who can figure out the maximum possible amount they can charge you before you leave.

Going to a competitor is easier said than done. There’s a lot of underlying infrastructure with AI that needs to be changed and adjusted to make it work. Each model has its own strengths and weaknesses. So maybe, you go to a competitor and it’s back to 80k/year, but now, code has a 10% higher error rate and you start losing money

idk. it just seems like this desire to get rid of labor entirely can only backfire. This is one way, but there are so many others too.

Duplicated from source: https://www.reddit.com/r/trueantiAI/comments/1wj748w/wouldnt_using_replacing_employees_with_ai/

Also good jobs dont exist anymore 🫠

Full title: EU’s new social media child protection rules to require all social media accounts to produce state ID - Leaked documents suggest that some existing accounts will also be subject to identification checks

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/71169372

The pedocracy is still bullying us, so it's time for another protest. Sunday September 20 at all locations, ideally the busier ones should be prioritized.

This will never be the 51st, 52nd, or any number US state. NEVER EVER.

If I had the money, I'd make one of those giant billboard-y signs, the kind you see US lawmakers hold up with big graphics on them, with have the infamous pic of Trump with Epstein, or maybe a sign that reads "How are things in our future 11th province?" Bullhorns are a great idea too. Just sayin'.

Remember to be safe. Americans all have the right to a gun, and while they can't be bothered to use that right to put an end to the dictatorship, you can sure as shit bet they're dumb enough to carry them over the border, and unless the border guards catch them, they could potentially bring them here. I don't know how guns work at the border but plenty of people get let through without them really checking anything. Who knows how many Americans have come and gone with guns without anyone knowing? My point is, show them your anger, but don't give them reason to attack. We know the Americans will do plenty of attacking without reason.

Anyway, it seems like most Americans are fed up with their president and the monsters who prop him up. But not enough to actually put a stop to it. They all have guns, what are they waiting for? It pisses me off. Let's let them know what a bad job they're doing at doing ANYTHING to stop it. Before they make their way into Canada to take up all the parking spaces at Swiss Chalet, give 'em a little reminder how pissed off we are at the way they voted, and how they're all just going about their days and visiting us as if we're still allies, instead of rising up against the regime.

I will not tolerate annexation threats from the United States and I will continue pushing for people to protest until they have fully retreated and conceded. If the Americans truly are against their current regime, wouldn't they be doing more about it? I know I would be.

tl;dr next protest is Sunday at the border and I'm still pissed off at America's bullshit.

Goldman Sachs identified a potential culprit for sour consumer sentiment readings: A decline in happiness.

The consumer sentiment index tracked by the University of Michigan hit record lows this year. The index fell 13% year over year in September, due to a drop of almost 8% from August alone.

Economists have widely questioned why sentiment has remained depressed since the Covid pandemic, even as the economy hummed along on paper. Goldman economist Joseph Briggs told clients this week that the downward pressure may stem from broader pessimism in society.

“Low reported economic sentiment likely reflects a more fundamental, downbeat assessment of the state of the world rather than the economy,” Briggs wrote to clients.

Its not the escalating COLA? It definitely isn't the coming disel crunch. It's just a sour mood?

You know what helps me when I am in a bad mood? Comfort food. Maybe this Goldman guy should advise that the government let the people eat cake. That sort of advice has always had a good outcome.