▲ 854 ▼ Majority of AI Researchers Say Tech Industry Is Pouring Billions Into a Dead End (futurism.com) submitted 2 years ago by cm0002@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 168 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] fossilesque@lemmy.dbzer0.com 288 points 2 years ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (9 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source hideshow 9 child comments replies: [–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 85 points 2 years ago* (7 children) I like my project manager, they find me work, ask how I'm doing and talk straight. It's when the CEO/CTO/CFO speaks where my eyes glaze over, my mouth sags, and I bounce my neck at prompted intervals as my brain retreats into itself as it frantically tosses words and phrases into the meaning grinder and cranks the wheel, only for nothing to come out of it time and time again. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 7 child comments replies: [–] killeronthecorner@lemmy.world 30 points 2 years ago* (2 children) COs are corporate politicians, media trained to only say things which are completely unrevealing and lacking of any substance. This is by design so that sensitive information is centrally controlled, leaks are difficult, and sudden changes in direction cause the minimum amount of whiplash to ICs as possible. I have the same reaction as you, but the system is working as intended. Better to just shut it out as you described and use the time to think about that issue you're having on a personal project or what toy to buy for your cat's birthday. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] applebusch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 years ago [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent [–] raker@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago Better to just shut it out as you described and use the time to think about that issue you’re having on a personal project or what toy to buy for your cat’s birthday. Exactly. Do the daily corpo dance and cheer if they babbling about innovation, progress, growth and new products. Do not fight against it. Just take your money and put your valuable time and energy elsewhere. permalink fedilink source parent [–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 13 points 2 years ago* Right, that sweet spot between too less stimuli so your brain just wants to sleep or run away and enough stimuli so you can't just zone out (or sleep). permalink fedilink source parent [–] spooky2092@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 2 years ago The number of times my CTO says we're going to do THING, only to have to be told that this isn't how things work... permalink fedilink source parent [–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago Find a better C-suite permalink fedilink source parent [–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago I just turn of my camera and turn on Forza Motorsport or something like that permalink fedilink source parent [–] vane@lemmy.world 51 points 2 years ago permalink fedilink source parent
[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 85 points 2 years ago* (7 children) I like my project manager, they find me work, ask how I'm doing and talk straight. It's when the CEO/CTO/CFO speaks where my eyes glaze over, my mouth sags, and I bounce my neck at prompted intervals as my brain retreats into itself as it frantically tosses words and phrases into the meaning grinder and cranks the wheel, only for nothing to come out of it time and time again. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 7 child comments replies: [–] killeronthecorner@lemmy.world 30 points 2 years ago* (2 children) COs are corporate politicians, media trained to only say things which are completely unrevealing and lacking of any substance. This is by design so that sensitive information is centrally controlled, leaks are difficult, and sudden changes in direction cause the minimum amount of whiplash to ICs as possible. I have the same reaction as you, but the system is working as intended. Better to just shut it out as you described and use the time to think about that issue you're having on a personal project or what toy to buy for your cat's birthday. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] applebusch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 years ago [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent [–] raker@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago Better to just shut it out as you described and use the time to think about that issue you’re having on a personal project or what toy to buy for your cat’s birthday. Exactly. Do the daily corpo dance and cheer if they babbling about innovation, progress, growth and new products. Do not fight against it. Just take your money and put your valuable time and energy elsewhere. permalink fedilink source parent [–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 13 points 2 years ago* Right, that sweet spot between too less stimuli so your brain just wants to sleep or run away and enough stimuli so you can't just zone out (or sleep). permalink fedilink source parent [–] spooky2092@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 2 years ago The number of times my CTO says we're going to do THING, only to have to be told that this isn't how things work... permalink fedilink source parent [–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago Find a better C-suite permalink fedilink source parent [–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago I just turn of my camera and turn on Forza Motorsport or something like that permalink fedilink source parent
[–] killeronthecorner@lemmy.world 30 points 2 years ago* (2 children) COs are corporate politicians, media trained to only say things which are completely unrevealing and lacking of any substance. This is by design so that sensitive information is centrally controlled, leaks are difficult, and sudden changes in direction cause the minimum amount of whiplash to ICs as possible. I have the same reaction as you, but the system is working as intended. Better to just shut it out as you described and use the time to think about that issue you're having on a personal project or what toy to buy for your cat's birthday. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] applebusch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 years ago [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent [–] raker@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago Better to just shut it out as you described and use the time to think about that issue you’re having on a personal project or what toy to buy for your cat’s birthday. Exactly. Do the daily corpo dance and cheer if they babbling about innovation, progress, growth and new products. Do not fight against it. Just take your money and put your valuable time and energy elsewhere. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] raker@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago Better to just shut it out as you described and use the time to think about that issue you’re having on a personal project or what toy to buy for your cat’s birthday. Exactly. Do the daily corpo dance and cheer if they babbling about innovation, progress, growth and new products. Do not fight against it. Just take your money and put your valuable time and energy elsewhere. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 13 points 2 years ago* Right, that sweet spot between too less stimuli so your brain just wants to sleep or run away and enough stimuli so you can't just zone out (or sleep). permalink fedilink source parent
[–] spooky2092@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 2 years ago The number of times my CTO says we're going to do THING, only to have to be told that this isn't how things work... permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago Find a better C-suite permalink fedilink source parent
[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago I just turn of my camera and turn on Forza Motorsport or something like that permalink fedilink source parent