GalacticSushi

“Personalized art” dawg that’s just your company logo

“For the facts: interviews were available to everyone regardless” I bet the people who have to go laser off a corporate tattoo are super thrilled to hear there wasn’t even a point in getting one.

The broker that my retirement account is through is pushing some new AI insights tool. The screenshots show an example of a conversation that essentially goes.

Q: “How can I reach my retirement savings goals faster?”

A: “Consider contributing more to your 401k from each paycheck.”

People will actually pay money to have some slop chatbot tell them that they can have more money in their account if they put more money in their account. Preying on stupid or lazy people is an extremely lucrative industry.

All I’m reading is

• WFH makes workers incredibly productive and happy
• middle managers are unable to make objective decisions about raises and promotions and just go off of vibes
• to resolve point 2, linkedin lunatics think the most reasonable solution is to remove the working conditions that lead to employee satisfaction and extreme productivity rather than recognize the ineptitude of middle management

AI is rapidly eroding any joy or satisfaction I once derived from my development job. It’s being pushed hard despite its many problems and limitations, and I’m pretty sure they’ll eventually be considering your AI leverage when determining raises, layoffs, etc. I know better than to voice my concerns about it, I’ve been around long enough to know when the company has its mind made up about something and expects everyone to get on board or get out of the way.

I don’t know where to go to escape it, though. Every company seems to be going all-in on AI and I’m not sure what else I could do with my education and skill set. And it’s not like my family can afford for me to take a pay cut in the current economy.

I was at the zoo earlier. None of the chimpanzees transformed into human beings, clearly evolution is a hoax.

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