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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 \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'

Comment \o/ (Score 2, Interesting) 44

a looming debate over how to handle the proliferation of so-called AI agents

Pretty sure this has already been solved in the US - check who has the most money - they get to decide for everyone - nice and simple - no long-winded investigations into morality, side-effects, greater good - just a nice, simple comparison of floating point numbers. So efficient. What's the emoji for ironic envy?

Comment Re:\o/ (Score 1) 53

Perhaps there's a future where 'in Communist Russia, big business gets ass-fucked by powerless 'electorate'" to help them understand the problem and thus be incentivised to fix it.

I'm so sick of this shit - every day <yet another person or group with power fucks everyone else to demonstrate how not to do civilisation>

What the fuck is wrong with people? Seriously? How can these people be in charge of anything more important than which sandwich filling to add when they have empty space where their moral compass should be?

Comment Re:\o/ (Score 1) 53

One fix would be to remove the ability of one group to enslave another using the other's desire to have things they can't afford and instead teach people to generate wealth for themselves, not for those who already have wealth but want more from the effort of others.

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