> Current AI capabilities map onto ["bullshit jobs"] with alarming precision. LLMs excel at generating plausible-sounding reports, drafting formulaic communications, summarizing information, and answering repetitive queries. They don't need genuine intelligence; they just need to automate the performance of administrative labor.
> In an era where Wall Street actively rewards companies for mass layoffs, AI presents a golden opportunity for cost-cutting disguised as "efficiency."
I had been thinking employers giving "AI" as a reason for layoffs were uniformly disingenuous, but they may be referring, in part, to performative roles.
Good point:
> Current AI capabilities map onto ["bullshit jobs"] with alarming precision. LLMs excel at generating plausible-sounding reports, drafting formulaic communications, summarizing information, and answering repetitive queries. They don't need genuine intelligence; they just need to automate the performance of administrative labor.
> In an era where Wall Street actively rewards companies for mass layoffs, AI presents a golden opportunity for cost-cutting disguised as "efficiency."
I had been thinking employers giving "AI" as a reason for layoffs were uniformly disingenuous, but they may be referring, in part, to performative roles.
Karl Marx would agree.
One hopes that democracy will fairly allocate the abundance provided by the certain automation of Capital itself.