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[–] 254 points 8 months ago* (24 children)

“It’s extremely hurtful, frankly,” said Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang in a January interview about the “battle of [AI] narratives.”

Isn't admitting you are confused and hurt by why customers don't like a product tantamount to admitting complete incompetence as a CEO?

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  • [–] 121 points 8 months ago* (12 children)

    They regard themselves thought leaders. They are confused why their thoughts aren't being followed en masse.

    EDIT: just explaining their logic as I suspect it, not condoning anything here :)

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  • [–] 63 points 8 months ago (10 children)

    "Thought leaders" is one of the most ridiculous bullshit phrases to ever come out of the English language

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  • [–] 55 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

    I work for a CEO who constantly uses this phrase.

    What sort of "thoughts" has he led with, you ask? Gamification, then blockchain, then crypto, then AI. That leadership feels an awful lot like trend-chasing to me... but I guess that's why I don't make the big bucks.

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  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (8 children)

    Thought leader can sound pompous. What's a better phrase for people who are authorities in their field?

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  • [–] 0 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    Note that broadly people that have an affinity to "thought leader" are not "authorities in their field".

    The "thought leaders" are the people that take credit for making obvious wishlist statements and then saying it's all due to them should it happen. Like if I as some internet rando said "we should really cut down on CO2", and then somehow the world manages to reduce CO2 one year and I say "I was a thought leader and the reason why we reduced CO2".

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  • [–] 19 points 8 months ago

    They all think they are Steve Jobs, and while he certainly isn't anywhere close to the genius messiah they believe him to be and was also a giant asshole, he was also far more on the pulse of what people want and don't than any of these absolute fools.

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  • [–] 49 points 8 months ago

    No, this isn't an accident. It's a PR ploy, and done entirely on purpose. The idea is to push the people who aren't critical towards AI to their side. By being confused and not understanding why people are so mad at these innocent little men just doing their best to bring something good to humanity, they're humanising themselves. Most anyone can relate to fears of having their hard work rejected by others, and they're playing on that.

    I wish people would stop platforming this nonsense.

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  • [–] 5 points 8 months ago

    You know, in my days when I learned economics I was taught to come up with a new plan if the business doesn't work and the customer does not buy/pay. Else I have failed.

    And not whine about things hurting...

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  • [–] 5 points 8 months ago

    They're fueled by hopium and shit out false dreams. Basically they're the Boiler Room or pinksheet Wolf of Wall Street, trying to trick as many investors as they can to swallow their shill.

    Although some may actually believe their own hype in a deeply egotistical way, like Jared Leto's character in the Blade Runner sequel.

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  • [–] 4 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    You know what's extremely hurtful??

    Get something that does not work being forced down your throat.

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago

    Get something that does not work being forced down your throat.

    Honestly, it's not just that.

    Digital services have this terrible trend to get downgraded because some designer decides something like

    Well, having 10 buttons is too much, we should have only 4 buttons. We should also make the UI 5x more clumsy (although they'd call it 'beginner-friendly')

    Ai is very similar, except it's an exec throwing tantrums to slap AI onto something, which wastes company resources and makes the product either more or a lot more worse than before.

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  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    I hope they're fucking hurt.

    Fuck the people who peddle this shit in such an evil way. They want to replace us and pocket the profits.

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago (1 child)

    I don't think these people are capable of feeling pain.

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  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago

    Why the fuck should we care about their 'feelings' when their rapist mentality fucks up the world. Lie, steal, cheat for a solution in search of a problem so they can make money by making people lose money and become unemployed.

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