A Google Gemini-powered AI agent was given free rein to run a coffee shop in Sweden, and is quickly burning through its budget.

A Google Gemini-powered AI agent was given free rein to run a coffee shop in Sweden, and is quickly burning through its budget.

  • jagermo@feddit.org
    12·
    6 days ago

    While much of the panic of AI destroying jobs has centered on low-paid grunts being kicked to the curb, café barista Kajetan Grzelczak sees it differently.

    “All the workers are pretty much safe,” he told the AP. “The ones who should be worried about their employment are the middle bosses, the people in management.”

    Jupp

    • notwhoyouthink@lemmy.zipEnglish
      21·
      6 days ago

      Exactly this. Our oppressors seek to create as much distance between themselves and us, and middleman management-type positions have become incompatible with this model.

      Imagine every business entity being ‘run’ by AI that will be sold to us as ‘separate entities’ of whom are actually owned and (barely) controlled by less than a handful of individuals masked behind LLCs. Added bonus that AI does not need to get paid and is a handy tool to absorb accountability. Just one more update, guys! Idk about that raise, because all I can do is ask the corporate chatbot. I didn’t get bereavement time approved either because the corporate chatbot counts it as sick time and apparently I’ve already used mine without being notified.

      This is exactly what capitalism gives us: the illusion of choice and this fits right into it.