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Comment · 3 years ago
I am convinced that the mass layoffs are occurring because forward-thinking executives can see that AI agents are coming to replace employees faster than most people expect. By doing layoffs early they can cut staff before public opinion shifts to questioning AI as the motive, as opposed to "the economy".
Comment · 3 years ago
These companies know that AI agents are coming at them hard and fast. I think this and other layoffs are happening now so they can cut down the numbers before the question becomes "Are you replacing them with AI?".

Which tracks with it not impacting "hourly frontline workers employed at the parks and resorts".

Comment · 3 years ago
> "Suing could force the government to start the repayment machinery again, which might not be a terrible thing. Given the low unemployment rate and the existence of income-driven repayment plans for people who are struggling, few people would be ruined by restoring the February 2020 status quo."

This particularly perturbed me with the implication that "ruining" a few people is fine as long as a few other people are made wealthier.

Greatest country etc.

Comment · 3 years ago
LLMs already have problems with fact vs fiction. I don't see how Reddit of all places has "valuable data" in that regard.
Comment · 3 years ago
This is great. I'd love this with the same style radio chatter, but from a bot that watches my news sources, tweets, emails, and radios itself to discuss interesting things happening.

"An email just came in at 0743 AM from Steve.. over" ... "Yeah that looks like an interesting followup to the one from John last week. Someone should reply to this one. Over."

Comment · 3 years ago
I wasn't involved in the legal side and am not a lawyer, but in my limited understanding of US contract law (where this is exclusively used) it is quite simple to create a binding contract that will stand up in court. Building it, if anything, showed how simple the process can actually be.
Comment · 3 years ago
Funny, we've just replaced DocuSign with a custom-built solution that will achieve full ROI in less than one year, thanks to recent price hikes on the contract.
Comment · 3 years ago
Great. More e-waste as I toss it in the trash.
Comment · 3 years ago
Sounds like a fancy way of saying vendor lock-in
Comment · 3 years ago
The US is doing the same exact thing but it's called 'alignment' and instead of 'censorship' we call it 'safety'.
Comment · 3 years ago
To stop China we must become China
Comment · 3 years ago
Or it ends up being both, because Microsoft.
Comment · 3 years ago
Hope the leaker used good opsec and that this goes nowhere.
Comment · 3 years ago
Of course it does.
Comment · 3 years ago
I felt the same way when I really wanted a super soaker 2000 and then the neighbor kid got one before me. "MOOOOM!!!"

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