cross-posted from: https://lemmy.nz/post/20166418

Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency are attempting to enact what some experts have called the “largest job cut in American history“—but don’t worry, these geniuses have a solution to pick up the significant amount of slack caused by letting go of tens of thousands of domain experts and civil servants all at once: a chatbot.

According to Wired, DOGE has given about 1,500 employees at the US General Services Administration, the agency that manages federal real estate and oversees most government contracts, access to a proprietary chatbot called GSAi.

  • @RamblingPanda
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    1016 hours ago

    The only positions in my company you could easily replace with AI would be marketing, I guess. And they are the ones using it the most anyway. Maybe middle management, besides stressing everyone and creating fancy slideshows, I don’t see much value in them.

    • @[email protected]
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      49 hours ago

      If you feel these solutions can replace the marketing team, your marketing team wasn’t very effective to begin with.

    • @[email protected]
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      613 hours ago

      That’s if you were trying to match AI to the tasks it’s somewhat suited for. That implies logic. DOGE has done little to suggest they think that deeply about anything. They’re in there replacing the legal team with a chatbot

      • @RamblingPanda
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        213 hours ago

        I’m sorry. I didn’t want to make it sound as if I think they are competent. I really do not.