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Re:Thousands of CEOs just admitted AI had no impact on emplo... by yoyohello13 on Wednesday February 18, 2026 @01:36AM (#47057931)
Your claim and the claims that all white collar jobs are going to disappear in 12-18 months cannot both be true. I guess we will see.
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Re:Thousands of CEOs just admitted AI had no impact on emplo... by onion2k on Wednesday February 18, 2026 @02:01AM (#47058108)
It's possible to automate the pointless stuff without realising it's pointless.
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Re:Thousands of CEOs just admitted AI had no impact on emplo... by therein on Wednesday February 18, 2026 @02:09AM (#47058146)
Made me think of this.

https://imgur.com/T4DAGG8

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Re:Thousands of CEOs just admitted AI had no impact on emplo... by Imustaskforhelp on Wednesday February 18, 2026 @04:59AM (#47059266)
Imgur is banned on UK.

I recommend using https://catbox.moe/ which can even use remote-links so pasting the imgur link in it can also work.

https://files.catbox.moe/4dhvok.jpeg

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Re:Thousands of CEOs just admitted AI had no impact on emplo... by ndsipa_pomu on Wednesday February 18, 2026 @07:23AM (#47060259)
> Imgur is banned on UK.

It's the other way round, Imgur banned UK access so that they wouldn't have to worry about the UK's stupid, authoritarian Online "Safety" Act.

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Re:Thousands of CEOs just admitted AI had no impact on emplo... by snickerer on Wednesday February 18, 2026 @05:04AM (#47059318)
The question is: did the fake numbers make any difference? Were the management decisions based on them better or worse?
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Re:Thousands of CEOs just admitted AI had no impact on emplo... by beeflet on Wednesday February 18, 2026 @01:44AM (#47057986)
I think they can both be true. Perhaps the innovation of AI is not that it automates important work, but because it forces people to question if the work has already been automated or is even necessary.
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Re:Thousands of CEOs just admitted AI had no impact on emplo... by zzrrt on Wednesday February 18, 2026 @02:09AM (#47058148)
Well, if a lot of it is bullshit that can also be done more efficiently with AI, then 99% of white collar roles could be eliminated by the 1% using AI, and essentially both were very close to true.
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