It has become impossible to tell managers mesmerised by artificial intelligence that the tools are not, in fact, helpful. So employees just play along with the fiction to keep their jobs, writes our tech columnist
  • A_norny_mousse@piefed.zipEnglish
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    21 days ago

    If the internet was “turned off” after 4 or so years not much would have changed, either.

    That’s a questionable statement that may reflect on your main argument. After all, when was the Internet “switched on”? Sounds very binary to me.

    • joe@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      21 days ago

      To be clear, Doctorow discussed switching off AI and proposed that there would be little to no change on the world. I was just changing the technology to show the flaw in the stance.