Charlie StrossJun 4, 2024
Business meetings exist to share information and coordinate activity: this shit enables you to be apparently present in all but actually not engaged with any. If your calendar is triple-booked then your organization is under-resourced and needs more people, not more AI. Or it's holding unnecessary meetings to make management feel better about being surrounded by minions, in which case it needs to fire the executives responsible.
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Show threadMacBalance
@cstross @kjhealy This is certainly a ridiculous feature to brag about. I do find there’s certain meetings in a lot of companies where being present is the main goal unfortunately.
Jun 4, 2024 at 9:56amWeb
Show threadCharlie StrossJun 4, 2024
@MacBalance @kjhealy Corporate bullshit and presenteeism has gotten surreal this decade. Evidence for the prosecution; that there exists a market for gizmos like this: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005005530545625.html
Show threadGavin Volure’s Peanut ButterJun 4, 2024
@cstross @MacBalance @kjhealy Wow. Nightmare.
Show threadouinneJun 4, 2024
@iBlame @cstross @MacBalance @kjhealy just a note to anyone thinking of using one - people have been fired for using them, upping the dystopia factor.
Show threadGavin Volure’s Peanut ButterJun 4, 2024
@ouinne @cstross @MacBalance @kjhealy I immediately imagined corporate henchmen being sent around on dongle-checks