gslavic

Master of Engineering: Telecommunications, Electronic Warfare, and Multimedia Surveillance
Not pro-anybody - pro logic!

[gslavic @gslavic]

It is interesting-borderline-revelation when you find that what you were "feeling", "sensing", "fearing" and "thinking might be true" is actually true and is explained in great detail by somebody who actually knows what they are talking about.
https://t.co/8kqn0BMoA0

[gslavic @gslavic]

@wtffolly_ @wtffolly_ Alternative to "OK" and leaving is to be charged with sexual harassment! So it is the only logical thing to do (under the circumstances)!
In fact, you saying "Leave me alone" in modern circumstances triggers a flight instinct in most men to not only leave but to RUN!

[gslavic @gslavic]

@JulianRoepcke He got a job to do.
- Weaken Russia, "fail it", and allow us to take Russian raw materials.
HE FAILED. The USA simply made an alternative deal with Russia.
- We get your raw materials - you get Ukraine.
Nothing unprecedented in USA relations! Typical day at the Capitol, even.

[gslavic @gslavic]

@JulianRoepcke In the same way that Miloshevic was the guarantor of peace in the Balkans during and after the Dayton Accords and then transported to hague on war crimes charges, I expect that in 5-10 years we will see Zelensky on some Tribunal warrant for crimes against "Ukrainian Russians".

[gslavic @gslavic]

@skauzer1 @MasinaRS Pochinjem da stvarno mislim da nasha opozicija zeli da ostane opozicija i da NIKADA ne postane vlast.
Maksimalna prava - NULA obaveza.
Nekoga ko je dokazano ovoliko kompromitovan ... na TV staviti ... da PRICHA !
OVOLIKI autogolovi mogu samo to da imaju kao objashnjenje!

[gslavic @gslavic]

But this is where we come to the big question:
How come nobody had the "progressive logic" -
"WOW, AI allows us to generate more code per period in question - let us lean in to the sales department to get us more work so that our 1000 programmers can produce more money for us!

[gslavic @gslavic]

What I will never understand is this "reductionist mindset" that we are seeing (especially in the USA/Canada/UK) regarding AI. IF:
- 1000 programmers produce
- 100.000 lines of clear/QC-ed/debugged code time period in question.
WHY is the "typical" move to fire 800 of them?

[gslavic @gslavic]

Followed by more or less business-as-usual at 2-2.5x persistent improvement paste for the rest of the study/analyses period. The only significant improvement is the quality of documentation and user guides for already generated, deployed, and verified code and infrastructure.

[gslavic @gslavic]

@200HappyLife @JulianRoepcke I think China will simply buy more oil from Russia.
I do not think that all other alternatives are ... worth the effort.

[gslavic @gslavic]

@IlonaSc37823973 @schwurbeli123 @JulianRoepcke Why would China do anything?
China will just buy more oil from Russia. It is not like Russia does not have much to sell due to all the sanctions on its fleet.

[gslavic @gslavic]

@schwurbeli123 @JulianRoepcke Why would China do anything?
China will just buy more oil from Russia. It is not like Russia does not have much to sell due to all the sanctions on its fleet.

[gslavic @gslavic]

@imetatronink The problem is not the "objective" anti-ship capability of Iran, but the force multiplier that air/land/navy members of Iran are willing to risk their lives for the hit on the US Navy assets. It is very hard to stop an individual suicide bomber, let alone hundreds with boats!

[gslavic @gslavic]

@CockVanBlocker ... a moze i da ne sadrzi !

[gslavic @gslavic]

@lunarfq Hi

[Peter Girnus 🦅 @gothburz]

I am the CEO of a $6.7 billion fintech company.

Last year I replaced 700 customer service workers with AI.

I called it "the future of work."

The future arrived.

It's worse.

In 2023, we stopped hiring entirely.

I announced it on stage.

People applauded.

Applause is how you know you've made a mistake.

We partnered with OpenAI.

I said "AI can already do all of the jobs that we, as humans, do."

I said this publicly.

Into a microphone.

With my whole chest.

We saved $10 million.

I put that in the press release.

Press releases are how you celebrate before the consequences arrive.

Our employee count went from 5,500 to 3,400.

I called it "efficiency."

Efficiency is when you fire people and the stock goes up.

For a while.

The AI handled customer complaints.

Customers complained about the AI.

It couldn't do nuance.

It couldn't do empathy.

It couldn't do angry customers yelling about missed payments at 2 AM.

Turns out those are the only customers who call.

I started getting emails.

From customers.

About the AI.

The AI was hallucinating payment plans that don't exist.

It told one customer their refund was "processing in the astral realm."

I don't know what that means.

Neither did the customer.

They posted it on Twitter.

It went viral.

Not the good kind of viral.

The kind where Congress starts asking questions.

My VP of Customer Experience scheduled a meeting.

She asked if we could "reintroduce human elements."

Human elements means people.

People I fired.

I said we'd "explore hybrid solutions."

Hybrid solutions means admitting we were wrong.

Without using the word "wrong."

I did an interview with Bloomberg.

I said "there will always be a human if you want."

A human if you want.

Like it's a topping.

Like empathy is extra cheese.

I announced a new hiring initiative.

We're bringing back customer service workers.

But not as employees.

As gig workers.

From home.

No benefits.

No stability.

Like Uber.

But for apologizing.

I called it "flexible human infrastructure."

That's not a real thing.

But it sounds like one.

The workers we fired are now contractors.

Doing the same job.

For less money.

With no healthcare.

I called it "the evolution of the customer experience."

Evolution means we broke something and fixed it worse.

But the word sounds forward-thinking.

We spent $10 million to save $10 million.

And ended up with angry customers, viral tweets, and a gig economy call center.

I'm doing a keynote at Davos next month.

The topic is "AI Transformation: Lessons in Leadership."

I haven't learned any lessons.

But I have learned to call them lessons.

That's the same thing.

In business.

[Peter Girnus 🦅 @gothburz]

Last quarter I rolled out Microsoft Copilot to 4,000 employees.

$30 per seat per month.

$1.4 million annually.

I called it "digital transformation."

The board loved that phrase.

They approved it in eleven minutes.

No one asked what it would actually do.

Including me.

I told everyone it would "10x productivity."

That's not a real number.

But it sounds like one.

HR asked how we'd measure the 10x.

I said we'd "leverage analytics dashboards."

They stopped asking.

Three months later I checked the usage reports.

47 people had opened it.

12 had used it more than once.

One of them was me.

I used it to summarize an email I could have read in 30 seconds.

It took 45 seconds.

Plus the time it took to fix the hallucinations.

But I called it a "pilot success."

Success means the pilot didn't visibly fail.

The CFO asked about ROI.

I showed him a graph.

The graph went up and to the right.

It measured "AI enablement."

I made that metric up.

He nodded approvingly.

We're "AI-enabled" now.

I don't know what that means.

But it's in our investor deck.

A senior developer asked why we didn't use Claude or ChatGPT.

I said we needed "enterprise-grade security."

He asked what that meant.

I said "compliance."

He asked which compliance.

I said "all of them."

He looked skeptical.

I scheduled him for a "career development conversation."

He stopped asking questions.

Microsoft sent a case study team.

They wanted to feature us as a success story.

I told them we "saved 40,000 hours."

I calculated that number by multiplying employees by a number I made up.

They didn't verify it.

They never do.

Now we're on Microsoft's website.

"Global enterprise achieves 40,000 hours of productivity gains with Copilot."

The CEO shared it on LinkedIn.

He got 3,000 likes.

He's never used Copilot.

None of the executives have.

We have an exemption.

"Strategic focus requires minimal digital distraction."

I wrote that policy.

The licenses renew next month.

I'm requesting an expansion.

5,000 more seats.

We haven't used the first 4,000.

But this time we'll "drive adoption."

Adoption means mandatory training.

Training means a 45-minute webinar no one watches.

But completion will be tracked.

Completion is a metric.

Metrics go in dashboards.

Dashboards go in board presentations.

Board presentations get me promoted.

I'll be SVP by Q3.

I still don't know what Copilot does.

But I know what it's for.

It's for showing we're "investing in AI."

Investment means spending.

Spending means commitment.

Commitment means we're serious about the future.

The future is whatever I say it is.

As long as the graph goes up and to the right.

[Mindset Machine  @mindsetmachine]

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