• dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    Bad idea. In order to get a computer to do anything useful, you must first be honest about what outcome you want. This means saying the quiet part out loud, resulting an an AI prompt something like:

    Develop a business plan optimizing for shareholder value, maximizing bonus payout for top leadership, leveraging all company assets, while avoiding lawsuits that will end the company. Legal problems are okay provided they do not interfere with increasing company value. Assume full workforce productivity and minimal depreciation on assets.

    What follows is a cutthroat business plan that will make a killing on Wall St. in the short run, and make everyone in said business absolutely miserable. All remaining ethics that are left at the C-level get thrown right in the trash. Also: this kills the environment.

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        9 months ago

        I think I saw that on Star Trek once. They made a planet go mad.

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      9 months ago

      Or, we could just implement the algorithms that are already available, and not tell it to maximize shareholder value, but instead company productivity, and you’ll get the most efficient companies possible.