AI will reduce workforce, say 41% of execs in a survey - eviltoast
  • kromem@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    It really depends on the exec.

    Like most people, there’s a range.

    Many are certainly unpleasant. But there’s also ones that buck the trend.

    • db2@lemmy.world
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      7 months ago

      Yeah, and there are a few good lawyers and a few good cops and (probably) a few good politicians too, but we’re not talking about the few exceptions here.

      • kromem@lemmy.world
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        7 months ago

        Well, we kind of are as the shitty ones tend to fail after time and the good ones continue to succeed, so in a market that’s much more competitive because of a force multiplier on labor unlike anything the world has seen there’s not going to be much room for the crappy execs for very long.

        Bad execs are like mosquitos. They thrive in stagnant waters, but as soon as things get moving they tend to reduce in number.

        We’ve been in a fairly stagnant market since around 2008 for most things with no need for adaptation by large companies.

        The large companies that went out of business recently have pretty much all been from financial mismanagement and not product/market fit like Circuit City or Blockbuster from the last time adaptation was needed with those failing to adapt going out of business.

        The fatalism on Lemmy is fairly exhausting. The past decade shouldn’t be used as a reference point for predicting the next decade. The factors playing into each couldn’t be more different.

        • DarkGamer@kbin.social
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          7 months ago

          I just want to say I appreciate your informed opinions in contrast to the doom and gloomerism combined with class warfare that is so pervasive here.