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A Google Gemini-powered AI agent was given free rein to run a coffee shop in Sweden, and is quickly burning through its budget.

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[–] zeroConnection@programming.dev 13 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Replacing CEOs might be the only good use case for AI. Both are terribly incompetent and easily replaced.

[–] Footer1998@crazypeople.online 6 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

A far better alternative is to replace CEOs with democratically organized workplaces, where everyone has an equal say and equal reward. Also known as socialism.

[–] chilicheeselies@lemmy.world 2 points 4 hours ago

Worker coops! The only way to get that done is to statt a company with your own money so that you dont need to answer to a board/investors