The part you’re missing is that “Big Tech” is not those people. Yes, many engineers are stereotyped as that, which in turn leads to a field with those people in it, but “Big Tech” is largely CEOs. It’s accountants trying to get rich by using technology created by other people. Big Pharma is the same people, but using a different tool, and the same goes for corrupt auto manufacturers like GM and Ford.
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AlexLost@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Big tech doubles down on a bad bet. It’s because they spend their lives in a dark room away from other people. Why would we look to computer programers to save us all? They are good with computers, not people. They belong in the back room, running the IT, not the country.
Soup@lemmy.world 1 day ago
gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
If you think engineering types are running Big Tech these days, you are not paying attention.
To wit: the vast majority of competent engineer friends and colleagues I know view LLM codegen crap as categorical snake oil. But all the C-suites are busy circlejerking about it and pumping that bubble.