Artificial intelligence is coming for your job: 41% of employers intend to downsize their workforce as AI automates certain tasks, a World Economic Forum survey showed Wednesday.

  • @disguy_ovahea
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    12 hours ago

    That’s the plan. Smaller businesses will fold while corporations that can simply fire a department manager will prosper. Once AI is reliable, it’ll just be another tool for the consolidation of wealth.

    • Pennomi
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      110 hours ago

      That being said, open weights models have done fairly well standing up close to the closed source ones. As long as the weights are open, and can run on consumer hardware, it will be a democratized tool.

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        Even if the tool is available to all, only large businesses and corporations will be able to afford the aforementioned risk. Smaller businesses couldn’t afford the insurance if AI is anywhere in the pipeline of a health or safety related product or service.