sanitation@lemmy.radio to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 hours agoAI isn't paying off in the way companies think. Layoffs driven by automation are failing to generate returns, study findsfortune.comexternal-linkmessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up1200arrow-down11
arrow-up1199arrow-down1external-linkAI isn't paying off in the way companies think. Layoffs driven by automation are failing to generate returns, study findsfortune.comsanitation@lemmy.radio to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 hours agomessage-square22fedilink
minus-squareOwOarchist@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·6 hours ago Oh, and now you need a new fucking degree to learn how to ‘optimize your token usage In some companies, ‘optimize your token usage’ means using as many tokens as possible.
minus-squareNekoKoneko@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·4 hours agoIndeed. “AI is good” became “Good employees use AI” became “The more AI the better” became “The more tokens used the better the employee.” What’s incredible is that none of these are self-evidently true premises, but rich C-suite aliens managed to buy into the entire illogical chain.
In some companies, ‘optimize your token usage’ means using as many tokens as possible.
Indeed.
“AI is good” became “Good employees use AI” became “The more AI the better” became “The more tokens used the better the employee.”
What’s incredible is that none of these are self-evidently true premises, but rich C-suite aliens managed to buy into the entire illogical chain.