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
  • AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    52·
    28 days ago

    AI has automated some mundane task that wasn’t particularly important, and now they can spend their time doing something more interesting.

    That absolutely sounds like a win to me. Why is productivity gains the only thing that’s important? QoL is what matters. Unless you’re a capitalist overlord.

    • rustyj@lemmy.worldEnglish
      42·
      28 days ago

      100%! I don’t understand how this is a hard concept to grasp. I’ve been able to make productivity gains, sure, but who gives a fuck? Even if my productivity is the same, my QoL is still much improved when I’m not buried in mundanity.

    • takeda@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      1·
      28 days ago

      The problem here is that the technology is owned by capitalist overlords.

      And their goal isn’t improving your QoL. If that was the goal we would already enjoy 4 hour work week long time ago.

      • AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        1·
        28 days ago

        Doesn’t matter what the goal is, the context of this particular discussion is that AI is benefiting at least some people by making their lives easier. And one guy who’s trying to argue ‘so what, it only matters if productivity goes up’.