The AI market works on bubble economics. It’s about stories and magic! Making financial sense, that’s for the old people now! Get with the program, granddad! But magic doesn’t happen. And it never …
  • eleijeep@piefed.socialEnglish
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    7 days ago

    I think the tech sector in general was always pro-masking, and pro-lockdown/isolation because it was an enormous boost to their entire sector to have everyone shut indoors and reliant on their products to work from home and do other normal stuff.

    • zoltanshields@lemmy.zipEnglish
      2·
      6 days ago

      Tech people I know who are big AI fanboys were anti mask and anti vaccine for vaguely libertarian reasons.

      Those sectors did make money, but they spent a lot of time where everyone was shut indoors going on podcasts and talking about how their audience is shut indoors because the nanny state doesn’t want you to feel proud to be an American or whatever.

    • rhamph@awful.systemsEnglish
      6·
      7 days ago

      I recall the Zoom guy, at least, wanting everyone back at the office. For reasons, no doubt.

    • unwarlikeExtortion@lemmy.mlEnglish
      4·
      7 days ago

      Idk, the rightwing types seem quite present in the tech ceo roster, and a bunch of tech companies deal with surveillance - and their direct interest is masking not being seen as something normal people do, but reserved exclusively for criminals.