An open letter to those who fired tech writers because of AI/LLM.

[nixcraft@mastodon.social]

An open letter to those who fired tech writers because of AI/LLM. https://passo.uno/letter-those-who-fired-tech-writers-ai/

all valid arguments here, no doubt. but, the decision makers are currently drunk on the AI/LLM Kool-Aid. They are firing employees simply to fund expensive GPUs or API services from the likes of OpenAI/Google & co. At this point, it feels like talking to a wall, they don't understand the human side of the problem, the products, or the suffering they cause. They are living in an alt bubble. It is a madness

[nixcraft@mastodon.social]

i have said this before and I will say it again, we need proper laws and heavy fines for job losses caused by AI. If you want to replace a role with AI, fine. but that 'robot' or AI should be subject to a 100% tax. say if a human paid 30% in taxes, the AI should pay 100%. That is the only way to prevent this stupidity. As others have noted, citizens are already seeing higher electricity or water bills because these companies aren't paying their fair share of the infra costs they consume

[nixcraft@mastodon.social]

and give that 100% collected tax to people who lost the jobs to AI. it is very simple fix to keep people falling into poverty or worst crime or drugs issues etc.

[nazokiyoubinbou@mastodon.social]

@nixCraft Well, long term the correct answer is actually UBI.

Short term the answer is to stop letting everyone con others into thinking LLMs can ever become "AI" under any circumstances ever. They will never truly replace humans.

It does, I guess, have the advantage (albeit in a painful way) of showing us which corporations are run by the most ignorant people least willing to listen to experts. And, of course governments...

[nixcraft@mastodon.social]

these companies like to call themselves bullshit terms like "Hyperscalers," but refuse to pay the higher costs of electricity, cooling, and water. Not to mention, they are causing other issues like noise pollution. Hyperscalers, my ass. You are freeloaders who are abusing what is meant for families and honest taxpayers.

[justinmac84@mastodon.social]

@nixCraft Disagree with taxes as high as 100%, but heavy taxation yes. Particularly agree with the utitilities part.

[jtskywalker@mastodon.social]

@nixCraft That's what tech CEOs used to suggest will happen when all the work is dome by machines - that surplus productivity will provide easier lives for everyone - but of course we never actually planned to do that. It must satisfy corporate greed, which is insatiable. Every time tech increases productivity, more on the margins must be pushed down into the grinder to feed the machine. The love of money is the root of all evil, hence a system that worships money is inherently evil.

[sharquaydius@mastodon.social]

@nixCraft
the assumption is that, after 20 years of costly R&D, we will have all kind of predictive, vibes-based logic on a tiny chip.

So the business case is real but the reward is 20 years away. the only way to make it happen is with taxes. A few will get rich but everyone wins.

[schrotthaufen@mastodon.social]

@nixCraft Workers “replaced” by glorified applied statistics should get a 5y worth of salary + heath benefits severance package. If “AI” is such a productivity/output boost, the companies implementing it should see soaring profits that make the severance packages look like pocket change.