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[–] 141 points 6 months ago* (5 children)

Yes.

Ava the AI BDR

Cleaned out your production server and all backups.

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  • [–] 241 points 6 months ago (6 children)

    Hi this is a relatively new form of 'ragebait' ad which is designed to be shared on social media by people who hate it.

    The vast majority of people think it's disgusting, but it gets shared around enough that the CO's which they're actually marketing to will see it and be tempted.

    Please don't give it the attention it wants.

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  • [–] 7 points 6 months ago (2 children)
  • [–] 15 points 6 months ago

    Yes. It loosely fits into the category of viral marketing, which usually tries to exploit positive emotions to spread brand awareness (eg. through memes), but in this case they're achieving the same effect by harnessing people's anger at the state of the world. It's a little dark!

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  • [–] 5 points 6 months ago

    Hate drives post interaction more than any other emotion, advertising is now all about online post interaction because it’s where many people shop now. Anytime you feel upset at an Ad it means it worked because you thought about it.

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  • [–] 71 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    There's a little accelerationist inside of me, that hopes that every company that can "hire" AI, does so and ruins their entire bussiness and goes bankrupt with it.

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  • [–] 20 points 6 months ago

    I imagine a lot of the companies will realize that the purported benefits of AI have hidden defects they have to fix, piling up lots of hidden technical/administrative debt, right around the time their AI vendors jack up prices or go out of business so that they're stuck with unmaintainable stuff (code, workflows, processes) that they don't fully understand, built by and for AI agents that no longer exist.

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  • [+] 62 points 6 months ago (1 child)
  • [–] 40 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    Booking meetings is not a fucking achievement. In my line of work having a bunch of meetings means shit is going off the rails. but I guess this ad is probably targeted at the worthless middle managers that don't know what to do with their time if they're not in meetings all day.

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  • [–] 4 points 6 months ago

    My company sometimes we just have meetings for fun.

    Like next week, ive got a meeting scheduled with my my friend, whos our marketing and sales lead, not because theres anything work related that we couldnt handle with phone or email, but just because weve both been super busy outside of work, and haven't had a chance to hang in a couple months.

    So weve scheduled a 2 hour meeting for Wednesday end of day, and we'll grab drinks, go over the sales permitting and builds for the next month, and catch up.

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  • [–] 38 points 6 months ago* (2 children)

    Ava the AI BDR

    Gave your clients root access because they asked nicely

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  • [–] 35 points 6 months ago (9 children)

    What does BDR mean in this context ?

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  • [–] 41 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    Ok I also had this question and everyone was just cracking jokes instead of answering it.

    Business Development Representative is the most likely correct answer given the context

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  • [–] 28 points 6 months ago

    Oh god.

    I think ive just realised that this bot scans your emails for "prospects" and tries to schedule meetings with them?

    The fuck is wrong with people.

    I dont necessarily hate AI, I use it day to day at work.

    But this is absurd. Any clunker emailing me has no chance of securing an appointment. What a way to communicate with potential new customers.

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  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    what the other guy said. Business Development is basically b2b sales.

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  • [–] 4 points 6 months ago

    But I used to work with a lot of b2b salesman. Yeah a lot of the products I bought were expensive but one reason for that was the sales people. Often they would come to my company, setup a demo using our products to confirm they would work as intended, when delivered they would be present to verify proper setup and operation. About the only part an Ai might be able to do is help in selection of proper options for your application, for example on a computerized microscope if you're looking for small features it's sometimes better to get B&W camera instead of color as it can detect smaller differences in contrast between two areas. Maybe an Ai could potentially determine and recommend that(not with current tech but in the future maybe) but every other aspect of technical b2b sales would be impossible.

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  • [–] 33 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    "Booked 12 meetings, 3 of which are at the same time and 2 with people you don't even know they just want to contact you about your car insurance.

    I also researched 1268 prospects that are completely useless and never should have been looked at in the first place but high numbers look productive."

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  • [–] 32 points 6 months ago (6 children)

    What the hell is Artisan's problem? Being human and needing days off is a sin now?

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  • [–] 24 points 6 months ago (5 children)

    Always has been in the capitalist American dream.

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  • [–] 8 points 6 months ago (4 children)

    As soon as they automate labour and violence, they won't need the proletariat at all.

    And given how much they've cared for us historically, I think this should be raising much more concerns.

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    A lot of people with no money, shelter, or food with lots of time on their hands should scare them more.

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  • [–] 4 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    Should, but doesn't, because everyone is apathic as fuck and the rich have got private security and labour for them.

    And lots of people just don't understand which side they're on.

    "Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires"

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  • [–] 31 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    It's as if they think the purpose of work is just to be as busy as possible and not to support people's lives.

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  • [–] 31 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    These 12 fucking meetings could have been emails you fucking AI fuck.

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  • [–] 29 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    I've been using chatgpt for checking up on documentation, it's points you in the right direction most of the time, but omg it's like talking to a mirror, the self confirming bias is insane

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  • [–] 28 points 6 months ago

    People should destroy all signage running those ads.

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  • [–] 27 points 6 months ago

    Yes. Also those 12 meetings are with people that don't exist, and the prospects were sourced from harvested personal data run through keyword filters.

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  • [–] 27 points 6 months ago (6 children)

    On the other hand: The faster the bubble collapses under the weight of the promises it can not keep the better. Go ahead business "elite", fire everybody whose job you don't understand. But also make some noise when shit doesn't work out.

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  • [–] 24 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    Seriously. Sorry Steve, Ava took your job and booked 12 meetings. 8 were done flawlessly. Three were set between 1 and 6 am. The last meeting with a competitor's legal team was set and Ava so helpfully forwarded the company's confidential internal documents for everyone to see.

    Savings!

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  • [–] 4 points 6 months ago

    M3ganAI: “you weren’t going to win that case anyway. It’s cheaper to lose this quarter than next quarter” Business major: “there’s a next quarter? Companies last that long?” M3ganAI: “…..I might be overthinking this, actually.”

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago*

    As time passes, I grow more doubtful whether the bubble will collapse. We have been in a bubble about 4-5 years now and VC money doesn't seem to be drying up? I'm not sure how long the market will stay irrational.

    And even if the bubble collapses, AI tools will be here to stay (ex: ai agents/ code analysis tools in software development)

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  • [–] 22 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    Building your business on AI is like building on quicksand.

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  • [–] 7 points 6 months ago

    When I first started my business, it was all about AI. Everyone said I was daft to build a business with AI, but I built it all the same, just to show them. It crashed and went bankrupt. So I built a second one. That crashed and went bankrupt. So I built a third. That burned down, fell over, then crashed and went bankrupt. But the fourth one broke even. And that's what you're going to get, everyone, the most stable business in all the world.

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  • [–] 20 points 6 months ago

    Steve isn't coming because he's suffering a psychotic breakdown from overwork exhaustion, and Steve is responsible enough to know when he's hallucinating.

    Ava hallucinates even more and even when she knows she does do it frequently, still presents everything as 100% reliable facts.

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  • [–] 19 points 6 months ago

    If someone booked 12 meetings on my calendar I wouldn't just fire them

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  • [–] 35 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    more 👏 female 👏 digital 👏 slaves 👏

    im so tired man jst stop giving them human names for fuck sake

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  • [–] 17 points 6 months ago

    It would be morally corrupt to not graffiti it.

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  • [–] 16 points 6 months ago

    No, its morally required

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  • [–] 16 points 6 months ago*

    And sent your financials to your top competitor after your email titled "DO NOT SHARE THIS WITH APERATURE SCIENCE."

    If you'd like, I can delete your production server, and activate a power surge.

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  • [–] 15 points 6 months ago

    Just paint over it, in a solid color of your choice. Graffiti might inadvertently highlight it. Just make it disappear.

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  • [–] 15 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    Replacing Steve because he had a bad day feels less like innovation and more like dystopia with a marketing budget.

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  • [–] 15 points 6 months ago (2 children)
  • [–] 14 points 6 months ago

    This is open class warfare.

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  • [–] 27 points 6 months ago

    artisan is such an oxymoron

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  • [–] 13 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    The only reason I advocate in favor of graffitiing this ad is because it might be construed as illegal to advocate for violence against any particular individuals or organizations

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  • [–] 10 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    That’s because violence has been effective historically.

    It’s not a plan A obviously, but let’s not pretend it doesn’t work.

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  • [–] 13 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    That's illegal in China now/soon. Replacing workers with AI to do exactly the same job is just fucked. Engineering or Automating the task so the roles are no longer needed is a different story. It would be like instead of inventing refrigeration we invented humanoid robots to collect the ice to replace the workers.

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    Hey that sounds cool do you have any more information about that?

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  • [–] 12 points 6 months ago

    This is basically saying "reject humans, become a Google/Microsoft/Anthropic subsidiary!"

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  • [–] 11 points 6 months ago

    The only reason they say graffiti is immoral is because it makes it harder to sell property to people who've been condition to hate it.

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  • [–] 21 points 6 months ago*

    Needs a cocktail. A special very hot kind of cocktail.

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    We should be encouraging more of these companies to hire AI.

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  • [–] 9 points 6 months ago

    It is morally correct to research executives from companies such as these and give them all the undesired attention they deserve until the problem "works itself out."

    Roach problems get solved faster in the light and when you go for the root of the infestation.

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  • [–] 17 points 6 months ago

    It is morally correct to burn the building down, and eliminate the entire board of directors.

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