▲ 848 ▼ Sam Altman Thanks Programmers for Their Effort, Says Their Time Is Over (futurism.com) submitted 6 months ago* by throws_lemy@reddthat.com to c/technology@lemmy.world 334 comments fedilink hide all child comments Altman’s remarks in his tweet drew an overwhelmingly negative reaction. “You’re welcome,” one user responded. “Nice to know that our reward is our jobs being taken away.” Others called him a “f***ing psychopath” and “scum.” “Nothing says ‘you’re being replaced’ quite like a heartfelt thank you from the guy doing the replacing,” one user wrote.
[–] vane@lemmy.world 18 points 6 months ago (7 children) But do they want to come back ? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 7 child comments replies: [–] Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone 33 points 6 months ago (2 children) For double the salary probably, the problem is there's always a line of people looking for work. That's why unions are important and for people to not be scabs permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] berrodeguarana@lemmy.eco.br 6 points 6 months ago (1 child) I am pro-union, but I won't deny that's utopic for now. Unionizing people on your country? Feasible. But what then? Because with this AI race what they actually are doing is "ok, now I have a 'bot' that does a lot of your work, so I'm offering you half of your hourly rate. Oh, you don't accept it? Ok, let's substitute our whole mainland team for a remote one with people from LATAM/India/China for 1/3 of the hourly rate." This shit ain't gonna end well in the long run. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] TronBronson@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago It’s already not looking well. We’ve destroyed the United States, middle class and propped up all the middle classes of the countries you listed. I have no problem with the ladder, but I do have a problem with the former. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Natal@lemmy.world 16 points 6 months ago Same thing for translation. They replaced us with AI and ask us to proofread and correct the mess for 1/4 the price. I stopped my translation career over this. permalink fedilink source parent [–] BilSabab@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago "more will come". never underestimate hungry star eyed folks. Look at Grammarly - they've been throwing people on the streets for the last three years showing zero loyalty to longterm employees and then replacing them with cheaper newbies over and over. And that after hoarding literally any NLP talent to make competition non-existent - so for NLP folks in Ukraine it means they have nowhere to go outside of military sector which is its own can of worms. Meanwhile Grammarly just keeps on pivoting to AI coding then hiring folks to clean the mess to pivot again. permalink fedilink source parent [–] FauxLiving@lemmy.world 1 point 6 months ago No, they prefer their jobs at Costco and McDonalds permalink fedilink source parent [–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 1 point 6 months ago Good point, I'll be up front about only replacing vibe code, not debugging it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone 33 points 6 months ago (2 children) For double the salary probably, the problem is there's always a line of people looking for work. That's why unions are important and for people to not be scabs permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] berrodeguarana@lemmy.eco.br 6 points 6 months ago (1 child) I am pro-union, but I won't deny that's utopic for now. Unionizing people on your country? Feasible. But what then? Because with this AI race what they actually are doing is "ok, now I have a 'bot' that does a lot of your work, so I'm offering you half of your hourly rate. Oh, you don't accept it? Ok, let's substitute our whole mainland team for a remote one with people from LATAM/India/China for 1/3 of the hourly rate." This shit ain't gonna end well in the long run. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] TronBronson@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago It’s already not looking well. We’ve destroyed the United States, middle class and propped up all the middle classes of the countries you listed. I have no problem with the ladder, but I do have a problem with the former. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] berrodeguarana@lemmy.eco.br 6 points 6 months ago (1 child) I am pro-union, but I won't deny that's utopic for now. Unionizing people on your country? Feasible. But what then? Because with this AI race what they actually are doing is "ok, now I have a 'bot' that does a lot of your work, so I'm offering you half of your hourly rate. Oh, you don't accept it? Ok, let's substitute our whole mainland team for a remote one with people from LATAM/India/China for 1/3 of the hourly rate." This shit ain't gonna end well in the long run. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] TronBronson@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago It’s already not looking well. We’ve destroyed the United States, middle class and propped up all the middle classes of the countries you listed. I have no problem with the ladder, but I do have a problem with the former. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TronBronson@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago It’s already not looking well. We’ve destroyed the United States, middle class and propped up all the middle classes of the countries you listed. I have no problem with the ladder, but I do have a problem with the former. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Natal@lemmy.world 16 points 6 months ago Same thing for translation. They replaced us with AI and ask us to proofread and correct the mess for 1/4 the price. I stopped my translation career over this. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] BilSabab@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago "more will come". never underestimate hungry star eyed folks. Look at Grammarly - they've been throwing people on the streets for the last three years showing zero loyalty to longterm employees and then replacing them with cheaper newbies over and over. And that after hoarding literally any NLP talent to make competition non-existent - so for NLP folks in Ukraine it means they have nowhere to go outside of military sector which is its own can of worms. Meanwhile Grammarly just keeps on pivoting to AI coding then hiring folks to clean the mess to pivot again. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FauxLiving@lemmy.world 1 point 6 months ago No, they prefer their jobs at Costco and McDonalds permalink fedilink source parent
[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 1 point 6 months ago Good point, I'll be up front about only replacing vibe code, not debugging it. permalink fedilink source parent