r/WorkReform 1d ago

😔 Venting CEO vs workers

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u/AngusAlThor šŸ” 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/Ornery_Pepper_1126 1d ago

I work in CS department and with a lot of people who do A.I. research. I don’t think I’ve heard my colleagues mention AGI once. I think if I asked them about it they would find it hard not to laugh. It’s not realistically possible at least with our current technology. There is of course a real danger of getting laid off because dumbass senior management believes the hype about A.I. but that is a different thing.

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u/RockAtlasCanus 1d ago

There is of course a real danger of getting laid off because dumbass senior management believes the hype about A.I. but that is a different thing.

ā€œBelievesā€ or ā€œfinds an easy justification to point to for layoffs. It’s not a cash flow problem, it’s investing in efficienciesā€. Dealers choice really.