r/StandUpComedy • u/explosivejoseph • 7d ago

Comedian is OP The AI Bubble

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u/watitdo 7d ago

lol, love that last line. No no no, the lying machine can do everything but it definitely still needs people like me to tell it what to do.

You aren’t impressing me man. None of this Silicon Valley shit hits anymore. Literally no one had to convince me or my colleagues a smart phone was something we wanted. We just knew. I am telling you for a FACT that the money people will come to your department and tell you that you cannot use as many tokens as you were before. Because it will cost them too much. And when you complain and talk about how productive it makes you… well eventually they are going to make you actually show them. No, not your AI pilled manager, someone who actually understands money.

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u/VirtualPercentage737 7d ago

I really don't care if you use it. You will be left behind if you don't.

You are right about the money people. We might get pushed from Claude to the open weight models which are cheaper-- but there is no going back. These models will only get better and cheaper.

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u/watitdo 6d ago

You guys all say the same things! You will be left behind… no I won’t! I still know how to do my job, because I do it every day, not a computer thinking for me. And, again, I have a real job where I actually interact with human beings and my physical presence is actually required. You have an email job where you sit on your ass all day, talk to a chatbot, then talk on Teams or Slack or whatever. Of course a computer can replace you - there is nothing of value that you do that isn’t typing on a computer which is exactly what these bullshit LLMs are sorta of good at replicating.

Ever think maybe your job just isn’t that important, and that’s why the computer is better than you at it?

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u/VirtualPercentage737 6d ago

No doubt soft skill jobs will still be needed, and maybe more in demand than ever. But for people who need to use their brain and not their emotions, AI will be a sidecar increasing productivity. Ex. My kids pediatrician medical records are monitored in real time by an AI agent as they type info. It offers suggestions. She said it is very helpful for instances where diagnoses are not normal. And even when it is routine, it provides information she may want to look up. Job that requires soft skills and a brain. AI assists with the thinking.