Rob Pike has had it with the AI tech companies/bros….

[bakul]

A BlueSky thread by rob pike on Skyview

Fuck you people. Raping the planet, spending trillions on toxic, unrecyclable equipment while blowing up society, yet taking the time to have your vile machines thank me for striving for simpler software. Just fuck you. Fuck you all. I can't remember the last time I was this angry.

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HN thread on this:

Rob Pike Goes Nuclear over GenAI | Hacker News

news.ycombinator.com

 

[mer]

So Rob laying down on the couch in the AI driven therapist office.
"Tell me Rob, how does that make you feel"

 

[drsnx60]

the more crutches you supply to people, techs, servicedesks, the less they need to learn. and the less they actually know. and then you can start deceiving them.

 

[Crivens]

The truth will come out when he is called for an exchange of opinions with a PHB. You know, when they expect you to come in with your opinion but to leave with the one of the boss? That will be the moment to put the money where the mouth is, and maybe he will come out with his own one. Who knows?

 

[bakul]

AFAIK Rob has retired.

 

[mer]

the more crutches you supply to people, techs, servicedesks, the less they need to learn. and the less they actually know. and then you can start deceiving them.

In the past those crutches were designed to support not "control". service desk: customer calls in with a problem , go through these top 5 reasons, then think.
Now? Call support on anything and force them to go off script and you get them to lockup and freeze.