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[-] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago

Why are all companies talking about efficiency and AI instead of creating pressure to fix easily changed tax laws?

[-] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago

AI has currently captured the public consciousness more than tax codes ever will. My theory is that it offers a simple scapegoat to a complex series of problems, and that is easier for stock trading masses to understand

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

My theory is that it offers a simple scapegoat …

That's my intuition too. In my experience, adopting AI mostly has lead to marginally faster MVPs, balooning sloc in PRs, and an explosion of wildly unqualified people applying for tech roles and sometimes even getting them.

It's a better kind of nihilistic business story to say that LLMs have been so disruptive, that people are getting fired, rather than investors are scared and greedy and are just being guided around by vibes and their amygdalae right now.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

Companies hype themselves to increase stock price. Trying to drive social change via the masses could easily backfire. If a company wants to change the tax code, they usually just hire lobbyists and donate to political campaigns, and you never hear about it.

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