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Remember when Github trending had some actually cool projects instead of AI snake oil? (thelemmy.club)

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[-] ByteMe@lemmy.world 78 points 2 months ago

"zero-human companies" sounds so sad and dystopian, I have no idea why they think it's a good promo

[-] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 33 points 2 months ago

Tech bros are salivating at the idea. The generation of tech bros that brought us the "disruption" of taxis and hotels, by not hiring staff but instead paying gig workers horribly, now found a way to also let go all other office staff.

[-] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I can't tell if they haven't thought through what that would mean for them themselves, or they know it's BS but it's still good for marketing.

[-] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 2 months ago

Tech bros have been moving fast and breaking things since forever. AI just needs to be kinda OK at doing HR and accounting and other boring useless company jobs. If something goes wrong, it's just the VC money that's at stake. And the solution is more AI and more VC money.

[-] menas@lemmy.wtf 25 points 2 months ago

and they named it paperclip, like the game where an IA that produce paperclip erase every life on earth and expand to the universe to continue to growth

[-] NotSteve_@piefed.ca 18 points 2 months ago

It also makes me think of Operation Paperclip, like the one where the USA hired a tonne of Nazi scientists after WW2

[-] thingsiplay@lemmy.ml 14 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

We already have that: ~~Microsoft~~ Edit: Microslop

[-] digdilem@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 months ago

I know this is just some shitty marketing phrase, but I don't think that would even work, legally. AIUI, to be a company (ie, a limited company) requires being registered with human directors, as they check you're not banned from being one.

[-] dev_null@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago

Legally in which of the 190+ countries?

[-] digdilem@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 months ago

No call to be facetious. It's true for most western countries, and possibly more globally - these things tend to follow certain rules of legal and financial logic.

[-] dev_null@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 months ago

What I meant probably didn't carry over through text well. I was being very literal because you were very literal – to show the problem with that.

Yes, obviously you didn't mean it would actually be illegal in all countries that exist. My point is that the "zero-humans" naming also doesn't actually mean zero humans. There is someone controlling whatever that project is.

[-] LiveLM@lemmy.zip 37 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I know right? My feed used to be really cool now it's just "Oobinga: Combine Badoinka and Ubunga to supercharge your AI Agent. Generate with Budungo. Compatible with Odoinka Magnum 5 and Hudungu Amaze 3.3"