dhork comments on Companies Are Realizing They’re Spending a Fortune on AI Just So Their Employees Can Generate Error-Riddled Slop, and Suddenly Cutting Back Budgets.

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[–] dhork@lemmy.world 83 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

I just wish my company would start hiring again. I have been using the AI out of necessity, because we are short-staffed in certain areas. I've asked several times, directly, how much my AI use is costing and nobody is in a position to know. It's certainly helped in some areas but I want to build a case that hiring a college grad or two can help more....

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[–] takeda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 89 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 child)

Being short staffed is the whole point. They believe (where they are right or wrong) AI will replace large number employees. For example in my company where that are pushing vibe coding, my boss said that now they believe that the large projects need less people.

If you use AI and still have to work overtime you are your own problem. As long as you deliver why would they change anything? Don't deliver. It is not worth sacrificing your health for someone's else's profits. You have only one life.

I see people who embraced vibe coding still working overtime and over weekends, more than before.

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[–] HerbGrower@slrpnk.net 22 points 3 weeks ago

When the clock strikes 5:30 we usually tell each other to get the fuck out the office. Ensure no one ever accidentally does any unpaid overtime.

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[–] ThePantser@sh.itjust.works 12 points 3 weeks ago

Careful they might just hire two AI using interns to replace you. Maybe bad mouth how much the AI is making mistakes and get them to make you stop using it and then ask for help when production slows.

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