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Will A.I. Become the New McKinsey? (www.newyorker.com)
submitted 2 years ago by salarua@sopuli.xyz to c/technology@beehaw.org
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cross-posted from: https://sopuli.xyz/post/563460

We should all strive to be Luddites, because we should all be more concerned with economic justice than with increasing the private accumulation of capital. We need to be able to criticize harmful uses of technology—and those include uses that benefit shareholders over workers—without being described as opponents of technology.

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[–] heady@beehaw.org 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I got pay walled but I'd agree with the title alone on the basis that McKinsey and other consulting firms are often brought on as a sort of scapegoat to to come to the conclusions that the hiring firm has already made but knows will be contentious. I can easily imagine a future where layoffs and sunsettings are justified on the basis that the perfectly rational and unquestionable AI suggested it, just as it is already being used to justify blatantly racist sentencings.

[–] 0x815@feddit.de 5 points 2 years ago

The 12-feet ladder works :-)