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Why do CEOs love AI so much? (lemmy.zip)
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So there’s something I need to get off my chest, and if I post it on my LinkedIn it would be career suicide at my level.

In a company, the largest line item by far is usually payroll. I have been at a number of companies that are trying to cut costs and don’t care if you come up with the correct amount via other OpEx categories, they want headcount reduced because “it’s so much”.

So along comes the promise of a computer bot that understands the normal person and also:

  • Does not require sick/vacation time
  • Does not take FMLA
  • Does not want a bonus/profit sharing/equity
  • Don’t have to pay unemployment taxes, Medicare or SSI
  • Does not require them to spend money on health insurance
  • Will not form a union
  • Wont ever file a lawsuit for any number of reasons
  • Will work 24/7

And this right there is the exact reason so many CEOs are salivating at the idea of AI. Not for worker efficiency, not for any number of “positive” benefits they may taut, but they finally have a glimpse of the chance to rid themselves of one of the largest headaches that they perceive in a company.

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[–] -1 points 5 months ago* (4 children)

No one on the internet is writing - we're typing. There's certainly no em dash on my keyboard. Is there one on yours?

To type an em dash, on a Windows computer, hold down the Alt key and type 0151 on the numeric keypad. On a Mac, use the shortcut Option + Shift + Dash (-)

Who tf is going to do that? Normal people just use a hyphen - same effect, less work. All "dashes" are the same for 99% of readers.

I might excuse this in a book, where editors can be snobs about that sort of thing. In an email or internet comment? It's AI.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    You don't need to do key combos if you're on Lemmy or reddit, because three hyphens in Markdown makes an em dash. It makes me wonder which other HTML entities I can make.

    I was with you on this until I found that out. Unfortunately, "em dash means AI" is the same level of sleuthing as "new account must be a bot". It's a lazy heuristic that's often wrong, but you'll never find out because nobody can prove that they aren't AI.

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  • [–] 0 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

    I am impressed. I'm still a plebe

    who has to use three hyphens.

    (And this is how I found out that three hyphens in Markdown = an em dash!)

    ETA: Oh, wow, you can make an en dash -- with two hyphens! Mind. Blown.

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  • [–] -1 points 5 months ago*

    Or - perhaps - there's no good reason to have three kinds of dash marks. It's snobbery. Just use the hyphen for everything.

    99% of people either can't tell the difference or won't care, and it's still a good enough shortcut. If my boss starts sending me emails with em dashes - I know that fuck doesn't even know what they're for - why shouldn't I assume AI?

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