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This CEO laid off nearly 80% of his staff because they refused to adopt AI fast enough. 2 years later, he says he’d do it again (fortune.com)
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[–] 4 points 1 year ago (5 children)

The only difference between AI and NFTs is that the market believes in it.

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  • [–] 0 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    There are use cases for AI. There are none for NFTs.

    One use case is whenever you need to produce some inane bullshit that nobody is probably going to read anyway, but it's still required for some reason. Like cover letters.

    Now, you might argue that we should work towards a society where we don't have to produce this inane bullshit that nobody's going to read anyway, and I would agree with you. But as long as we're here, we might as well offload this pointless labor onto a pointless labor-saving machine.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    Kindly disagree. People actually read cover letters, and a cryptographically secured entry on a pubic ledger has some conceivable use.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago*

    People actually read cover letters

    I have my doubts. I've had more than one recruiter tell me "I don't read cover letters", and even if they are "reading" it, it's going to be a brief skim at best.

    In any case, that still doesn't mean that you should be writing them. My point is that it's make-work. It's there to weed out candidates and demonstrate your ability to jump through their hoops.

    a cryptographically secured entry on a pubic ledger has some conceivable use.

    We're talking specifically about NFTs.

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