[-] froztbyte@awful.systems 14 points 8 months ago

got sent this image

wonder how many more of these things we'll see before people start having a real bileful response to this (over and above the fact that a number of people have been warning about exactly this outcome for a while now)

(transcript below)

transcripttitle: I gave my mom's company an Al automation and now she and her coworkers are unemployed

body: So this is eating me alive and I don't really know where else to put it. I run this little agency that builds these Al agents for staffing firms. Basically the agent pre-screens candidates, pulls the info into a neat report, and sends it back so recruiters don't waste hours on screening calls. It's supposed to be a tool, not a replacement.

My mom works at this mid sized recruiting company. She's always complained about how long it takes to qualify candidates, so I set them up with one of my agents just to test it. It crushed it. Way faster, way cheaper, and honestly more consistent than most of their team.

Fast forward two months and they've quietly laid off almost her whole department. Including my mom. I feel sick. Like I built something that was supposed to help people, and instead it wiped out my mom's job and her team. I keep replaying it in my head like I basically automated my own family out of work.

[-] froztbyte@awful.systems 14 points 9 months ago

I present to you, this amazing screenshot from r/vibecoders:

transcriptsubject: thoughts on using experts (humans) to unblock vibe coders when Al fails? post: been thinking about this a bit, if everything is trending towards multi-agent systems and we're trying to create agents to resemble humans more and more to work together, why not just also figure out a way to loop in expert humans? Seems like a lot of the problems non-eng vibe coders have could be a quick fix for a senior eng that they could loop in.

[-] froztbyte@awful.systems 14 points 11 months ago

presumably everyone who has to work with you spits in your coffee/tea, too?

[-] froztbyte@awful.systems 14 points 1 year ago

tell me you've never dealt with human-facing network systems without telling me you've never dealt with human facing network systems

[-] froztbyte@awful.systems 14 points 1 year ago

I can’t stress enough how important it is to be careful who you trust with your life

strong agree

minor upside: it's going to be a good time to make lists of people who suddenly feel comfortable to mask off

fucking fuck this sucks

[-] froztbyte@awful.systems 14 points 2 years ago

behind the bastards has also recently done two episodes on the clown, if you want to learn more things you'll hate

[-] froztbyte@awful.systems 14 points 2 years ago

remember to pick up your coat when you leave

[-] froztbyte@awful.systems 14 points 2 years ago

Oh what a sweet, sweet tune to end a Sunday to

[-] froztbyte@awful.systems 14 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

see, because they can't provide their own, talking about good arguments is all they have left

[-] froztbyte@awful.systems 14 points 2 years ago

and extra bills

[-] froztbyte@awful.systems 14 points 2 years ago

what a disgrace! these big tech companies just code and code and code! millions of dollars thrown at the wall., barely anything at local artists (except maybe to busk their coffeeshop)

it's this kind of inconsiderate scheduling that's killing small surreal!

[-] froztbyte@awful.systems 14 points 2 years ago

I wonder if that 30% is an accurate assessment of the time saved when they stop taking the llmcode inputs seriously in review

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