Spyke
CarbonatedPastaSaucereply
lemmy.world

Don't feel bad, in my almost 30 years of working for big corps, I've seen way, WAY dumber shit than this come from exec management.

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SatyrSack
feddit.org

I feel like I am missing something here. I understand this is satire, but I do not understand the narrative.

  • Company embraces AI tools
  • Company enacts policy stating that when employees request any additional resources, they must justify why they cannot simply use AI to perform that task instead
  • Employee creates tool that generates a nonsense justification
  • Using this tool to request resources, employees keep their jobs because leadership thinks AI cannot do those jobs
  • Company awards employee for creating that tool

Why would a company that is going all-in on AI tools embrace a tool that negates that? Is that the irony of the joke?

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panatheareply
lemmy.blahaj.zone

Yes, the joke is that they promoted him for using AI while that AI is used to justify not using AI.

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