when i was young i used to think that employers want smart, creative and innovative person because of capitalism.
I found out pretty quick that they want a yes man who always says yes to their superiors ideas and makes their superior look like a hero at every opportunity. There is literally no other secret to working in a corporate.
Start your own business. Then you will learn that your subordinates who are "smart, creative, and innovative" that aren't helping you get done what you need to have done are more hassle than they're worth. Alignment isn't just a concept that applies to AI.
I have a family member that is 70 years old, social security is enough to barely pay for their mortgage. They have been trying to get any job for the last 5 years but haven't been able to, most likely due to age discrimination.
They're alive but I wouldn't call it a life worth living, more like subsisting. If they didn't know me they would likely be homeless but since I can help with a few bills they aren't losing their home and can get 3 meals a day.
How can this person start a company with AI? Honestly. Your suggestion is devoid from reality for tens of millions of people. It feels like a troll because it's devoid of any empathy.
You seem to have no concept of a retirement age. A person of 70 years old is not supposed to be working at all, although light part time work can be okay.
Starting a company using AI still requires significant innovative skills, and is not even for the random 20 or 30 or 40 year old. It requires offering a competitive service or product that no one else offers. AI is never a substitute for putting your brain and body to work in clever ways that others don't.
The only troll here is you for letting working age people rot in jobs that they will bring them to their knees in their retirement age.
This is what I mean, your experience is drastically not the norm for millions of people and I very much wish they didn't have to work but they need to if they don't want to subsist. The economy hasn't exactly been favorable toward the working class for the last 50 years.
20% of people in the "retirement age" still work dude.
If you also read my comments, this person isn't actually working and they have zero savings and while they get social security and medicare they still need to pay a mortgage, insurance, utility bills, and food. They want to work but can't.
According to you they should simply start a business with AI, what business who the fuck knows but apparently AI is enough to make him whole.
If the idea of his age bothers you, it wouldn't really be different if he was 55 or 45 or 35.
The issue I take with your comment is you don't really know what struggle is or how people live below the federal poverty line. Telling them to simply create jobs is akin to "let them eat cake."
Using AI to start a business is not for everyone. It is implied that one has to be talented, intellectually curious, and passionate, well above average. If you pick random people from the street, which is essentially what you are doing, of course it's not a game for them to play.
If the person has no savings, they should be pressing the local government, social services, and local politicians for more assistance. They might get lucky.
I have compassion which is exactly why I ask deserving people to take the route away from wage slavery toward doing something where they feel a greater sense of freedom and autonomy.
A small business doesn't need subordinates anymore in this age of AI. It can still have contractors, with the contract deliverable clearly communicated.
Well you’re sort of right, in that yeah, duh, you need your boss to like you to get promoted. If you are a very capable person, it won’t take long before you are looked up to for answers, which is where this attitude of “only doing what the boss wants to hear” falls apart, because, boss is depending on YOUR voice now. It’s not the end of the world if you plateau here, plenty of people do. Personally, while I too think corporate world is rife with idiocy, I’ve learned to largely detach from it. Constant negativity is mildly cathartic at best, and yet, it will burn you out very quickly.
You are not on to some “secret” here, all who participate in corporate work know it’s ridiculous. Seriously, open up a bit, and get to know some of these “terrible bosses” outside of work— they will shit talk with you like anyone else.
This falls apart around the VP layer, as from there up it’s actually insane people living in a different wealth reality than ours.
I can't remember the exact quote but his suggestion was that everyone needed a "sponsor" or patron above them and that patrons chose people who would otherwise not be successful. This way the patron had a number of junior protogees who owed them everything. When your patron rose up you would rise up.
I noticed this in at least one company that got into trouble eventually.
In others the yes man culture is very potent. Where I am now nothing is that bad.
There are companies and bosses that know how to value employees contributions. I have heard it referred to as herding cats.
There are situations that are not good. Sometimes it is intentional when they have decided they want someone out. Sometimes the boss as you say only wants as yes man. Sometimes there are good intentions and without the needed skill.
There are realities to contend with, though. In corporate, unless someone directs a budget, the organization hasn't really issued any endorsement. Most companies are just churning rather than breaking new ground, so they value consistency.
I've made progress in my career being a suck up. I never contradict my superiors. Even the stuff i come up with i make it look like it was originally their "vision" that led to it. I always convince someone above to put their name as primary author on my proposals at work. This extremely simple "trick" has always led to me getting more money and promotions at work.
Heh, I just checked and my portfolio peaked on Jan 23 and has been on a downward slope since then. Down about 6%. Wouldn’t have been a bad return if not for a bunch of tax implications.
> I cannot see the use for Webmd and other sites that provide information along specific verticals, anymore.
You want hallucinated medical information?
How is this not entirely absurd. I feel so angry that person who wrote this comment already knew that its absurd but proceeded to make this comment and prbly got upvotes.
Wait, why do people use WebMd? Is it used by medical professionals? I thought its for regular people diagnosing their problem for fun. All of that information they can get from their doctor. For really specific information like symptoms for a disease, I cannot imagine there be a hallucinations. Even if it did today, it will only get better over time. I don't see it as a problem with this specific use case. I am one of the biggest AI skeptics out there, but when there is practical use, I accept it
you are using chatgpt for medical info today because it might get better tomorrow? your comment wasn't what you plan to do it in future with it, you claimed you are doing all those things today. Now you are talking something about future hypothetical.
You missed the nuance in my statement. May be I will try rephrase it for you
I am saying the use of webmd is all for non medical purposes, just people reading symptoms that they should be getting from their doctor anyway.
Now for the nuance, for the purpose of meaningless consumption it doesn’t matter if there are hallucinations, people are not supposed to take medication based on webmd. Given the really established nature of diseases and symptoms, I find it hard to believe there will be hallucinations, even if there are, it will become better. All of this doesn’t impact me one bit because I don’t do anything medical based off webmd of chat gpt, I go to a doctor
yea i really don't understand what consuming webmd for non medical purposes even means. purpose of consuming hallucinated medical info is like reading medical fiction?
Oh that is super odd! The doctor is not supposed to give you those. They are not supposed to prescribe you drugs without inquiring allergies and talking about side effects.
Also you should not be trust By webmd at all! How do you know they are not just asking someone AI to populate their data base or worse someone is making copy paste errors? If you can trust webmd you can an AI. Anything that is not a doctor is not to be trusted for life threatening advice
But I get it, it has worked for you so far with webmd so you trust it. Am also glad you are skeptical about anything new too.
I suddenly became the poor person in my peer group that all went to same school and did similar jobs. Why? because they all got 'help' buying a home and now have a fancy homes. I live in a rental apartment. I am still the most judicious about spending money but its hard to hang out with a ppl who can afford to be more careless.
I found out pretty quick that they want a yes man who always says yes to their superiors ideas and makes their superior look like a hero at every opportunity. There is literally no other secret to working in a corporate.
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