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Comment Re: Unsurprising (Score 1, Interesting) 32

At least Rockstar have generated some value 'themselves' compared to the union which presumably generates value by capturing large proportions of the employees from companies then extorting the companies.

Yes, I'm aware that this isn't the way unions are presented but if we could somehow extract the true motivations of union leaders, would we find a desire to fix the power balance between employees and employers or is that simply a claim used to attract a block of, what are essentially troops in a financial war?

Or perhaps the motivations don't matter if they do actually deliver on the promises of increased balance - although who should decide what is a fair balance?

Comment Was this relevant to the theft? (Score 1) 83

Has it been determined whether the IT situation was related to the theft that occurred?

Obviously it sounds like basically no bad option was left unchosen when it came to their IT config; but I'm curious whether this was a situation where the perps were actually sophisticated enough (or unsophisticated at traditional smash-and-grab/balaclava-when-on-camera techniques) to incorporate the bad IT into the heist; or whether the entry was more or less pure physical access control failure that happens to put the general state of the system in stark relief?

Obviously if it were a heist movie there'd be a hoodie kid using the power of fast typing to haxx0r the cameras and guide the operatives while using a precociously cobbled-together AI to selectively delete them from the surveillance footage; but if the overall physical security posture was bad, and the building is largely accessible to the public, it seems entirely plausible that someone just cased the joint and walked in much as they would have 50 years ago; though a different interested party is probably hosting a C2 server or some exploitation payloads on their DVR.

Comment \o/ (Score 1, Flamebait) 34

Let's play "Correlation is not causation".

*Beautiful assistant spins the wheel* whilst the audience claps enthusiastically.

In today's session we'll once again be grilling CEOs whose staff attrition curve looks as though it was copied from their use-of-AI curve but who didn't report losses due to AI.

*First contestant steps forwards*

Host beams at the audience

Host: Ladies and gentlemen, our first contestant is Sebastian Siemiatkowski, CEO of Klarna!

Sebastian, your headcount fell 22% to 3,500 as AI adoption surged, with AI now handling core work equivalent to hundreds of roles. But you claim it's all due to natural attrition, not AI-driven losses. Correlation or causation?

Audience murmurs

Sebastian: Pure coincidence! We stopped hiring to embrace AI efficiency, but the drop is just people leaving on their own. Productivity gains will boost salariesâ"everyone wins!

Host: Riiight. And those 700 agent jobs AI took? Not related?

Sebastian: Absolutely not. Attrition happens; AI just fills the gaps.

Audience boos playfully

Host: Spin the wheel for our next griller? Or explore Klarna's later AI backpedals in 2025?

Comment Re:\o/ (Score 1) 53

> Credit is a solution to a problem
The problem is "we have a bunch of money and want to grow it with zero (or lower) risk to ourselves" not "how can we buy a house we cannot afford now". Credit exists more for the lender - that's why they have all the power in contracts but it's presented as an problem encountered by suckers, I mean home buyers :-)

Comment Re:Amazon has it wrong (Score 3, Interesting) 44

They're not trying to tell you that you the customer can't have an agent act on your behalf, they're saying:

we can't cross-sell you a bunch of useless shit you don't actually want because perplexity are allowing your will to be expressed in the most direct manner and not giving our psychologists a stab at your attention - which is obviously 'not good'

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