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This CEO laid off nearly 80% of his staff because they refused to adopt AI fast enough. 2 years later, he says he’d do it again (fortune.com)
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“Every single Monday was called ‘AI Monday,’” Vaughan said, with his mandate for staff that they could work only on AI. “You couldn’t have customer calls; you couldn’t work on budgets; you had to only work on AI projects.” He said this happened across the board, not just for tech workers, but also for sales, marketing, and everybody else at IgniteTech. “That culture needed to be built. That was the key.”

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[–] ChaoticEntropy@feddit.uk 107 points 1 month ago (20 children)

Vaughan was surprised to find it was often the technical staff, not marketing or sales, who dug in their heels. They were the “most resistant,” he said, voicing various concerns about what the AI couldn’t do, rather than focusing on what it could. The marketing and salespeople were enthused by the possibilities of working with these new tools, he added.

So the people that had an actual idea of what the implications of using it might be weren't on board? Huh. Weird.

[–] abigscaryhobo@lemmy.world 57 points 1 month ago (10 children)

"All the engineers said my "screen door on a submarine" was "stupid" and would "sink the ship", so I fired them and hired new engineers!"

  • CEO of now defunct "Screen Door Subs Inc."
[–] AbidanYre@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (5 children)

I told AI to build me a submarine out of ~~titanium~~ carbon fiber.

  • Stockton Rush (if he were alive today)
[–] OshagHennessey@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Titanic sub was made from carbon fiber. Titanium is what he should have used.

[–] AbidanYre@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Damnit, I knew that too. I stopped skimming too early in the Wiki paragraph.

The entire pressure vessel for the crew used five major components: two hemispherical titanium end caps, two matching titanium interface rings, and the 142 cm (56 in) internal diameter, 2.4-meter-long (7.9 ft) carbon fiber-wound cylindrical hull.[15] The forward hemispherical end cap could be detached from its interface ring, becoming a hatch that allowed crew members to enter the crew compartment before a mission, and exit at its conclusion.[3]

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

build me a submarine out of cheese! I always get hungry when i'm submarining and not! anymore!

[–] AbidanYre@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Wallace & Gromit Visit the Titanic.

[–] OshagHennessey@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

No worries, friend. Good on you for making sure.

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