• foggianism@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    “Replacing software engineers with AI is really gonna pay off… some day… we guess…”

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      3 days ago

      This is a smart move by Microsoft, as a struggling small company they can use VC money to keep them afloat until they come out on top of the AI game once the technology reaches fruition, This wouldn’t work for some big monolithic company like linux.

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      It’s paying off for the shareholders RIGHT NOW. In the future it’s probably gonna bite them in the but, but who cares? Profits now > profits later.