▲ 843 ▼ Dwarf Fortress' creator says the industry's in shambles over AI and layoff-happy CEOs: 'Everyone I know, their bosses are slowly getting psychosis' (www.pcgamer.com) submitted 1 day ago by Rheinish@lemmy.world to c/games@lemmy.world 97 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] PalmTreeIsBestTree@lemmy.world 16 points 18 hours ago (1 child) Like the video game crash of ‘83? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 8 points 7 hours ago (1 child) Like every time workers seem to be getting woke enough to maybe possibly do something on a scale that touches rich people's yacht money some of us get some minor concessions that keep us working in the system and reproducing it for the next generation of workers. Although the dream with ai is an economy without the need for workers (we wouldn't be a part of it), or labour power pushed to such an insignificant little atomised role that withholding it is no longer a threat. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] HerbGrower@slrpnk.net 2 points 3 hours ago (1 child) Instead of paying us to work they will have to pay us not to throw molotovs at their datacentres. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 hours ago I think that was always the assumption except people forgot their own power. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 8 points 7 hours ago (1 child) Like every time workers seem to be getting woke enough to maybe possibly do something on a scale that touches rich people's yacht money some of us get some minor concessions that keep us working in the system and reproducing it for the next generation of workers. Although the dream with ai is an economy without the need for workers (we wouldn't be a part of it), or labour power pushed to such an insignificant little atomised role that withholding it is no longer a threat. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] HerbGrower@slrpnk.net 2 points 3 hours ago (1 child) Instead of paying us to work they will have to pay us not to throw molotovs at their datacentres. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 hours ago I think that was always the assumption except people forgot their own power. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] HerbGrower@slrpnk.net 2 points 3 hours ago (1 child) Instead of paying us to work they will have to pay us not to throw molotovs at their datacentres. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 hours ago I think that was always the assumption except people forgot their own power. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 hours ago I think that was always the assumption except people forgot their own power. permalink fedilink source parent