“Several #US #occupations expected to be impacted by #artificialintelligence saw heavy #joblosses for a second year in 2025, led by #customerservice representatives and certain types of #secretaries and #salespeople.” www.bloomberg.com/news/article... 🎁🔗

US Is Starting to See Heavy Jo...
🤖💸 Ah, the inevitable #evolution of #AI assistants into relentless salespeople! Who knew that the future of "helpful" #technology was actually just a thinly veiled ad campaign for overpriced, pocket-sized devices? But don't worry, folks, your digital butler will now interrupt your existential crises with exclusive offers! 🙄📢
https://juno-labs.com/blogs/every-company-building-your-ai-assistant-is-an-ad-company #Salespeople #DigitalButler #Marketing #HackerNews #ngated
Every Company Building Your AI Assistant Is Now an Ad Company

Every company building an AI assistant is funded by advertising. They are also building hardware that listens and watches 24/7. Local on-device inference is the only way out.

Salesman shares 2 magic phrases that make salespeople leave you alone when shopping

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/magic-phrases-to-make-salesmen-go-away-ex1

Salesman shares 2 clever phrases that instantly make pushy salespeople disappear

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/get-pushy-salesman-to-leave-you-alone-ex1

Chinese ‘Virtual Human’ Salespeople Are Outperforming Their Real Human Counterparts

Built using AI technology from Baidu and DeepSeek, the virtual livestreamers sell everything from wet wipes to printers 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

WIRED

Engadget: Amazon is testing AI-generated hosts that talk customers through product features . “Amazon is testing a new feature that involves AI-generated hosts talking through product summaries. It looks fairly similar to Google’s audio overviews, which also include AI-generated hosts that seem plucked from a middling podcast.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/27/engadget-amazon-is-testing-ai-generated-hosts-that-talk-customers-through-product-features/

Engadget: Amazon is testing AI-generated hosts that talk customers through product features | ResearchBuzz: Firehose

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You were so kind, but
solicitude can't answer
competency's call.

#haiku #senryu
#SalesPeople

A snarky #haiku today in response to the sweetest clueless salesperson I've encountered in ages! No worries — I didn't tell her. 😉

Former Boeing manager says workers mishandled parts to meet deadlines

For years, Boeing veteran Merle Meyers said, quality was the top priority, but that changed over time: “Now, it’s schedule that takes the lead.”

The Seattle Times
MSN

"Daddy, daddy!! How does sales work these days? And what is pitching?" - "Look here, son"

#SalesPitchFromHell #SalesPeople #sales