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[-] JuliaSuraez@lemmy.world 3 points 19 hours ago

That’s a sharp joke 😅 Sometimes sounding polished and confident gets mistaken for intelligence. Tone can be convincing, even when there’s not much depth behind it.

[-] Avicenna@programming.dev 2 points 19 hours ago

Well that checks since to anyone who does not have any ideas on anything, every idea sounds great.

[-] lime@feddit.nu 64 points 1 day ago

i wonder how much trouble you'd be in if you hung this at work

Depends on how long it takes for a middle manager to get someone to read it to them (and then explain it).

[-] criss_cross@lemmy.world 4 points 20 hours ago

Claude summarize this meme for me. Explain it like I’m 5.

[-] WanderingThoughts@europe.pub 17 points 1 day ago

Usually they forward it to someone to explain, forward the reply to another underling to execute and copy/paste that one's estimate or status update in the original mail's relpy.

[-] lime@feddit.nu 1 points 20 hours ago

see that's why ai is so useful, it saves hours coming up with an explanation and doesn't even sound exasperated doing it.

[-] not_IO 8 points 1 day ago

well it's a bit dehumanizing so I guess a fair amount of trouble

[-] lime@feddit.nu 7 points 1 day ago

it's fine, hr aren't really sentient either

[-] blujan@sopuli.xyz 1 points 18 hours ago

I'm kind of a middle manager, and I get the hate. I like to think I'm different but I'm not entirely sure. At least my collaborators do appreciate me.

[-] morphballganon@mtgzone.com 55 points 1 day ago

Corporate middle managers don't use semicolons. They don't even know when to use colons or apostrophes.

They taught AI to talk like HR reps.

Is it possible that the way humanity has been dealing the with useless 1/3 of the population was to put them in middle-management positions? Consultants and the like?

[-] yermaw@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 day ago

Absolutely it is. Thats where we got the phrase "kicking them upstairs" from. Promote the useless guy to a position where they can't actually do any damage.

If AI succeeds in replacing a lot of those "positions", we're going to face a tsunami of idiots.

Oh. Oh, oh my god. I think we need a space goat or something...

[-] tias@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullshit_Jobs

Graeber states that more than half of societal work is pointless, both large parts of some jobs and five types of entirely pointless jobs:

  • Flunkies, who serve to make their superiors feel important, e.g., receptionists, administrative assistants, door attendants, store greeters;
  • Goons, who act to harm or deceive others on behalf of their employer, or to prevent other goons from doing so, e.g., lobbyists, corporate lawyers, telemarketers, public relations specialists;
  • Duct tapers, who temporarily fix problems that could be fixed permanently, e.g., programmers repairing shoddy code, airline desk staff who calm passengers with lost luggage;
  • Box tickers, who create the appearance that something useful is being done when it is not, e.g., survey administrators, in-house magazine journalists, corporate compliance officers, academic administration;[14]
  • Taskmasters, who create extra work for those who do not need it, e.g., middle management, leadership professionals.[1][4]
[-] yermaw@sh.itjust.works 5 points 21 hours ago

Remember when thr pandemic happened and we did a lock down and everyone had to stay home instead of going to work and basically nothing terrible happened?

I see you, I appreciate you. Thank you.

[-] tias@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 18 hours ago

That's a somewhat odd statement coming from a stranger on the internet but I'm having one of those days where I'll take anything that's on offer. So thanks, I think I needed to hear that.

[-] Nomecks@lemmy.ca 19 points 1 day ago

Executives love AI because they can't spell automation

[-] theuniqueone@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 day ago

It also learnt some therapy speak same applies.

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