I love that studies have shown that a 4 day work week boosts productivity AND salvages some of the living in the work life balance, but rich people went with AI because it doesn’t boost productivity AND it consumes exorbitant amounts of water.
AI is intended to let the wealthy access the benefits of talent, without letting the talented access the benefits of wealth.
There may come a point where employers realize that AI isn’t working out, Gownder said. Some bosses who fired workers in favor of AI agents have already eaten crow and rehired their human grunts. But “AI” may simply be a way of papering over other forms of cost-cutting.
“Outsourcing is a very popular one,” he told The Register. “They’re firing people because of AI, and then three weeks later they hire a team in India because the labor is so much cheaper.”
I’m willing to bet those outsourced teams in India are just vibe coding too.
I’ve seen this so many times, long before AI was even a thing. It always goes like this:
- Let’s outsource department x to India because they are much cheaper
- Oh no, the results are terrible and we are actually paying more money to fix the damage done.
- Outsourcing was a mistake, let’s hire locally instead
What amazes me is that this is still happening to this day. I’ve seen a real world example of this just last week.
On top of that, AI has arrived and it gives the CEOs of the world an opportunity to make the same mistakes again. It’s mindblowingly stupid.
Note: I don’t blame Indian companies for offering their services. The blame entirely goes to greedy companies from the west who try squeeze out profit from income disparity and lower standards.
