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Re:Court rules that barring high IQs for cops is not unconst... by throwaway_pdp09 on Sunday May 31, 2020 @01:34PM (#23371058)
What is that work? Why can't it be automated?
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Re:Court rules that barring high IQs for cops is not unconst... by joejerryronnie on Sunday May 31, 2020 @03:39PM (#23372046)
Probably because these are not rote tasks being performed but rather new dev projects driven by new demands, priorities, and business requirements. You can’t automate that type of work.
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Re:Court rules that barring high IQs for cops is not unconst... by anewdirection on Sunday May 31, 2020 @02:21PM (#23371441)
Some things need a human touch. Interacting with other humans is one of those things. See any automated customer service bot ever to see how absolutely terrible an idea that would be.
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Re:Court rules that barring high IQs for cops is not unconst... by bargle0 on Sunday May 31, 2020 @02:05PM (#23371324)
Probably because it’s still cheaper to throw people at it.
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Re:Court rules that barring high IQs for cops is not unconst... by adrianN on Sunday May 31, 2020 @02:59PM (#23371736)
Good luck automating fixing bugs and implementing weird customer requests in an old legacy application.
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