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AI Doomsaying Is an Aggressive Sales Pitch (jacobin.com)
submitted 5 hours ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] lmcj@mathstodon.xyz 5 points 5 hours ago (3 children)

@return2ozma it would be so nice if they just advertised these things as tools, not wolrd ending devices...

[–] LordMayor@piefed.social 3 points 1 hour ago

But, they would have to be realistic about the cost efficiencies. If companies had to pay the actual cost of these tools, they’d probably just hire another person instead.

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 1 points 1 hour ago

Well, only govts can realistically pay for the shit they're trying to sell, so gotta make the appropriate sales pitch

[–] shads@leminal.space 4 points 3 hours ago

Oh when I see AI shilling I see them as tools.