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  • david_chisnall@infosec.exchangeD This user is from outside of this forum
    david_chisnall@infosec.exchangeD This user is from outside of this forum
    david_chisnall@infosec.exchange
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    Oh no, our competitors are doing stupid things! We must also do stupid things or be left out!

    — CEOs everywhere.

    whitequark@social.treehouse.systemsW bitprophet@social.coopB mms@mastodon.bsd.cafeM synlogic4242@social.vivaldi.netS dat@social.g33ky.deD 13 Replies Last reply
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    • david_chisnall@infosec.exchangeD david_chisnall@infosec.exchange

      Oh no, our competitors are doing stupid things! We must also do stupid things or be left out!

      — CEOs everywhere.

      whitequark@social.treehouse.systemsW This user is from outside of this forum
      whitequark@social.treehouse.systemsW This user is from outside of this forum
      whitequark@social.treehouse.systems
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      @david_chisnall

      > "leader"
      > look inside
      > follows everyone else

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      • david_chisnall@infosec.exchangeD david_chisnall@infosec.exchange

        Oh no, our competitors are doing stupid things! We must also do stupid things or be left out!

        — CEOs everywhere.

        bitprophet@social.coopB This user is from outside of this forum
        bitprophet@social.coopB This user is from outside of this forum
        bitprophet@social.coop
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        @david_chisnall s/ne/be/! But 💯

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        • david_chisnall@infosec.exchangeD david_chisnall@infosec.exchange

          Oh no, our competitors are doing stupid things! We must also do stupid things or be left out!

          — CEOs everywhere.

          mms@mastodon.bsd.cafeM This user is from outside of this forum
          mms@mastodon.bsd.cafeM This user is from outside of this forum
          mms@mastodon.bsd.cafe
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          @david_chisnall TBF, as long as Wallstreet promotes stupid shit, its CEO"s job to do stupid shit. The system is rigged for stupidity.

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          • david_chisnall@infosec.exchangeD david_chisnall@infosec.exchange

            Oh no, our competitors are doing stupid things! We must also do stupid things or be left out!

            — CEOs everywhere.

            synlogic4242@social.vivaldi.netS This user is from outside of this forum
            synlogic4242@social.vivaldi.netS This user is from outside of this forum
            synlogic4242@social.vivaldi.net
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            #5

            @david_chisnall nailed it

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            • david_chisnall@infosec.exchangeD david_chisnall@infosec.exchange

              Oh no, our competitors are doing stupid things! We must also do stupid things or be left out!

              — CEOs everywhere.

              dat@social.g33ky.deD This user is from outside of this forum
              dat@social.g33ky.deD This user is from outside of this forum
              dat@social.g33ky.de
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              #6

              @david_chisnall@infosec.exchange it's called the buran-principle

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              • david_chisnall@infosec.exchangeD david_chisnall@infosec.exchange

                Oh no, our competitors are doing stupid things! We must also do stupid things or be left out!

                — CEOs everywhere.

                felichsdakatze@mastodon.socialF This user is from outside of this forum
                felichsdakatze@mastodon.socialF This user is from outside of this forum
                felichsdakatze@mastodon.social
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                @david_chisnall

                The real problem is the makets pile in to the first company that does it, so everyone else by default has to join in.

                The CEOs need metrics they can make pretty graphs to put in shareholder reports, so you end up with "use ai" mandates.

                If share price goes up throughout any part of this process the CEO has made a "rational" and "correct" decision according to the people that write the CEOs cheques.

                Layoffs arev the default cost saving tool.../cont'd

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                • david_chisnall@infosec.exchangeD david_chisnall@infosec.exchange

                  Oh no, our competitors are doing stupid things! We must also do stupid things or be left out!

                  — CEOs everywhere.

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                  spacelifeform@infosec.exchange
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                  @david_chisnall

                  No sarcasm detected.

                  #AI #Insanity #Money

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                  • felichsdakatze@mastodon.socialF felichsdakatze@mastodon.social

                    @david_chisnall

                    The real problem is the makets pile in to the first company that does it, so everyone else by default has to join in.

                    The CEOs need metrics they can make pretty graphs to put in shareholder reports, so you end up with "use ai" mandates.

                    If share price goes up throughout any part of this process the CEO has made a "rational" and "correct" decision according to the people that write the CEOs cheques.

                    Layoffs arev the default cost saving tool.../cont'd

                    felichsdakatze@mastodon.socialF This user is from outside of this forum
                    felichsdakatze@mastodon.socialF This user is from outside of this forum
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                    @david_chisnall

                    ...so you can bank on announcements citing ai led productivity gains, and then later as necessary survival measures as ai led productivity gains fail to meet expectations.

                    Rehiring later will be quitely done.

                    By then, the CEOs have met targets, given shareholders what they want, and taken their bonuses. Its literally win-win for those in the game. The rest of us aren't even pawns in the game, as pawns have some value. We factor as an expendable commodity.

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                    • david_chisnall@infosec.exchangeD david_chisnall@infosec.exchange

                      Oh no, our competitors are doing stupid things! We must also do stupid things or be left out!

                      — CEOs everywhere.

                      pizzademon@mastodon.onlineP This user is from outside of this forum
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                      @david_chisnall
                      Past examples include
                      - off-shoring many things
                      - re-shoring a good portion of those things
                      - hiring McKenzie or Bain as cover for your layoffs
                      - putting most of your data in "the cloud"
                      - pulling back the most vital of that data
                      - making and maintaining platform apps instead of a really good website
                      - using a closed 3rd party platform as the primary conduit to your customers, vendors, and partners.
                      - donating to a presidential inauguration
                      - TQM, 6 sigma, KPIs, ABM, HBR TLAs

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                      • david_chisnall@infosec.exchangeD david_chisnall@infosec.exchange

                        Oh no, our competitors are doing stupid things! We must also do stupid things or be left out!

                        — CEOs everywhere.

                        cynblogger@sfba.socialC This user is from outside of this forum
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                        cynblogger@sfba.social
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                        @david_chisnall
                        I think a great marketing strategy about now for almost any product or service would be, “ABSOLUTELY NO AI USED OR SOLD!”

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                        • david_chisnall@infosec.exchangeD david_chisnall@infosec.exchange

                          Oh no, our competitors are doing stupid things! We must also do stupid things or be left out!

                          — CEOs everywhere.

                          paul_ipv6@infosec.exchangeP This user is from outside of this forum
                          paul_ipv6@infosec.exchangeP This user is from outside of this forum
                          paul_ipv6@infosec.exchange
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                          @david_chisnall

                          every mom ever: "if everyone else were jumping off a bridge, would you jump off too?"

                          every CEO: "it's the new trend! jump or be left behind! jumping i go!"

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                          • david_chisnall@infosec.exchangeD david_chisnall@infosec.exchange

                            Oh no, our competitors are doing stupid things! We must also do stupid things or be left out!

                            — CEOs everywhere.

                            wildeyedboyfromfreecloud@masto.aiW This user is from outside of this forum
                            wildeyedboyfromfreecloud@masto.aiW This user is from outside of this forum
                            wildeyedboyfromfreecloud@masto.ai
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                            @david_chisnall Profits? My sheer brilliance, of course. Losses? Market forces, obviously.

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                            • pizzademon@mastodon.onlineP pizzademon@mastodon.online

                              @david_chisnall
                              Past examples include
                              - off-shoring many things
                              - re-shoring a good portion of those things
                              - hiring McKenzie or Bain as cover for your layoffs
                              - putting most of your data in "the cloud"
                              - pulling back the most vital of that data
                              - making and maintaining platform apps instead of a really good website
                              - using a closed 3rd party platform as the primary conduit to your customers, vendors, and partners.
                              - donating to a presidential inauguration
                              - TQM, 6 sigma, KPIs, ABM, HBR TLAs

                              wildeyedboyfromfreecloud@masto.aiW This user is from outside of this forum
                              wildeyedboyfromfreecloud@masto.aiW This user is from outside of this forum
                              wildeyedboyfromfreecloud@masto.ai
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                              @PizzaDemon @david_chisnall 6 sigma still makes me twitch.

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                              • david_chisnall@infosec.exchangeD david_chisnall@infosec.exchange

                                Oh no, our competitors are doing stupid things! We must also do stupid things or be left out!

                                — CEOs everywhere.

                                theorangetheme@en.osm.townT This user is from outside of this forum
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                                @david_chisnall And a lot of ketamine.

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                                • david_chisnall@infosec.exchangeD david_chisnall@infosec.exchange

                                  Oh no, our competitors are doing stupid things! We must also do stupid things or be left out!

                                  — CEOs everywhere.

                                  wonofone@mastodon.worldW This user is from outside of this forum
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                                  @david_chisnall just like moderate Democrats

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                                  • paul_ipv6@infosec.exchangeP paul_ipv6@infosec.exchange

                                    @david_chisnall

                                    every mom ever: "if everyone else were jumping off a bridge, would you jump off too?"

                                    every CEO: "it's the new trend! jump or be left behind! jumping i go!"

                                    datarama@hachyderm.ioD This user is from outside of this forum
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                                    @paul_ipv6 @david_chisnall This is why I've always suggested people say things like "so easy, even your CEO could use it" rather than the more common one.

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                                    • paul_ipv6@infosec.exchangeP paul_ipv6@infosec.exchange

                                      @david_chisnall

                                      every mom ever: "if everyone else were jumping off a bridge, would you jump off too?"

                                      every CEO: "it's the new trend! jump or be left behind! jumping i go!"

                                      antopatriarca@mathstodon.xyzA This user is from outside of this forum
                                      antopatriarca@mathstodon.xyzA This user is from outside of this forum
                                      antopatriarca@mathstodon.xyz
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                                      @paul_ipv6 @david_chisnall Indeed, I’m increasingly convinced the reason CEO are convinced AI may substitute everyone is that it can surely substitute their work and they think they are god so clearly it should be able to substitute everybody else. After all they are paid as thousands of them.

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                                      • drajt@fosstodon.orgD drajt@fosstodon.org shared this topic
                                      • datarama@hachyderm.ioD datarama@hachyderm.io

                                        @paul_ipv6 @david_chisnall This is why I've always suggested people say things like "so easy, even your CEO could use it" rather than the more common one.

                                        datarama@hachyderm.ioD This user is from outside of this forum
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                                        @paul_ipv6 @david_chisnall (footnote: I *might* be biased, given that my mum taught me to code, way back when. 🙂 )

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                                        • datarama@hachyderm.ioD datarama@hachyderm.io

                                          @paul_ipv6 @david_chisnall (footnote: I *might* be biased, given that my mum taught me to code, way back when. 🙂 )

                                          wendynather@infosec.exchangeW This user is from outside of this forum
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                                          wendynather@infosec.exchange
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                                          @datarama @paul_ipv6 @david_chisnall Another mom here. I think you have the right kind of bias. (I learned to code 50 years ago.)

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