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Shopify Employee Promoted for AI That Generates Anti-AI Excuses (isglitch.com)
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Tool creates plausible reasons why artificial intelligence cannot replace human labor

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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I feel like I am missing something here. I understand this is satire, but I do not understand the narrative.

  • Company embraces AI tools
  • Company enacts policy stating that when employees request any additional resources, they must justify why they cannot simply use AI to perform that task instead
  • Employee creates tool that generates a nonsense justification
  • Using this tool to request resources, employees keep their jobs because leadership thinks AI cannot do those jobs
  • Company awards employee for creating that tool

Why would a company that is going all-in on AI tools embrace a tool that negates that? Is that the irony of the joke?

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Yes, the joke is that they promoted him for using AI while that AI is used to justify not using AI.