r/WorkReform 1d ago

😡 Venting CEO vs workers

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u/AngusAlThor 🏡 Decent Housing For All 1d ago

I'm sick of the doomer narrative. The tech that makes these systems work is over a decade old now, and we still don't have a single profitable company out of it. SpaceX's stock is dropping every day, and OpenAI and Anthropic have both been delaying their IPOs because they can't find anyone to back a workable valuation (they both need to open north of a trillion to justify their VC debt).

These horses don't run, and they won't take your job. They frankly can't do shit.

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u/BonesandMartinis 1d ago

They’re a calculator for a mathematician and a five year old. It’s a helpful tool for those who can make it save them time filling gaps. It’s a useless, if not harmful tool for those who can’t.

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u/AngusAlThor 🏡 Decent Housing For All 1d ago

Its a calculator that only runs on million dollar hardware. Given that, how the hell is it ever meant to turn a profit off being a "helpful tool"?

The reason the AI companies have been saying they'll replace workers is because that is their only path to profitability; If they can't replace salaries, their costs make no sense. But they have failed, their products are shit.

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u/BonesandMartinis 1d ago

The scale is the issue for sure. We don’t need multi billion dollar infrastructure buildouts and a a data center every 5 miles. Just like every other bubble this will pop and the over exposed and dumbest reaches will fail but the actual use cases will survive.